Toxins
A toxin that affects neuro tissues is called:
What is a Neurotoxin?
This pollutant is released from fossil fuel / biomass combustion and volcanoes, plus is measured in micrometers.
What is Particulate Matter (PM)?
a term meaning caused by humans
What is anthropogenic?
These types of pollutants can accumulate inside buildings due to poor ventilation and cause a range of health issues.
What are indoor air pollutants?
This law sets air pollution limits in the US.
What is the Clean Air Act?
Childhood exposure to this heavy metal neurotoxin causes damage to the central nervous system and can lead to developmental issues.
What is lead?
What is photochemical smog?
a meteorological phenomenon that develops when cool air is trapped at the ground under a layer of warm air
What is a temperature inversion?
This type of pollution leads to acidification and degradation of building materials and both aquatic and terrestrial habitats.
What is acid rain?
Vapor recovery fuel nozzles reduce this pollutant.
What are VOCs?
This carcinogen is has great insulating properties and can be found in old houses
What is Asbestos?
A lightning strike can create these pollutants.
What is NO2 or O3?
This term explains why urban areas tend to have higher surface & air temperature than surrounding suburban and rural areas
What is Urban Heat Island Effect?
Pollutants impact the economy by:
What is increasing health care, infrastructure repairs, etc, etc.
This system in cars reduces NOx, CO, and hydrocarbons using a honeycomb device.
What is a catalytic converter?
This VOC is produced mostly from furniture material decay.
What is formaldehyde?
In this layer of the atmosphere is Ozone (O3) harmful.
What is the troposphere?
A primary pollutant that has undergone a transformation in the presence of sunlight, water, oxygen, or other compounds.
What is a secondary pollutant?
these are the six air pollutants that cause significant enough health issues that the EPA has set acceptable limits for, monitors, and enforces.
What is SO2, NOx, CO, PM, Lead, and O3?
These air pollution control devices use calcium-based solutions to knock SO2 and NO2 out of exhaust.
What are wet and dry scrubbers?
This leaks into homes from hard rock and is the second leading cause of lung cancer.
This pollutant comes from incomplete combustion, volcanoes, and fires; it is also an asphyxiant.
What is Carbon Monoxide (CO)?
What are hydrocarbons?
Disrupted migration patterns and hunting abilities, are an effect of this pollutant
What is noise pollution?
Coal power plants use this to ionize PMs and remove pollutants
What is an electrostatic precipitator?