What is the pollutant? The principal component of smog

Source: Chemical reaction of VOCs and NOx

Health effects: breathing problems, reduced lung capacity, asthma, eye irritation, reduced resistance to disease

Environmental effects: can damage plants

What is the pollutant?

Source: burning of fossil fuels

Health effects: Reduces the ability of blood to bring oxygen to the body cells and tissues.

Environmental effects: May interfere with the breathing of animals

What is the pollutant? A smog forming group of molecules

Source: are released from burning fuel (fossil fuels or biomass), solvents, paints glues and other commonly used products. They include benzene, methane, formaldehyde and others

Health effects: In addition to smog (ozone) effects, some are carcinogenic

Environmental effects: affects some plants directly in addition to smog effects

What are the pollutants known to cause acid rain?

______________ ______________ is produced when fuels containing sulfur are burned in the presence of oxygen.

What is the major cause for air pollution?

another word for "man-made"

Which environmental problem is caused by the release of particulates into the atmosphere?

Develop slowly due to long-term exposure to contaminants in water, food, or the environment.

Caused by exposure to a single dose

Dose causing death of half of the organisms exposed at this level.

Indicates how poisonous a substance is to biological organisms

Which of the following concentrations is higher? (ppm= part per million)

What is more dangerous LD50 of

Causes some chemicals to concentrate in animal fat

Chemicals build up through the food chain

Total amount of chemical that an individual eats, drinks, breathes, or absorbs through the skin.

Means coming in contact with a chemical through food, water, air, or other sources.

Pollution that comes from MANY different places and is hard to identify its source.

Containers at a food processing plant leaking fat and animal juices

An underground water supply is...

Allowing liquids to pass through, such as water through the ground

_________ sources of water pollution are relatively easy to monitor and regulate, while _____________ sources of water pollution are difficult to monitor and clean up.

Mercury and Lead are examples of what?

A disturbance of silent environment with harsh loud noises.

Which disease was caused by mercury poisoning?

What organisms end up with the highest levels of mercury?

Toxins ingested at a higher rate than they are eliminated is the definition of?