POLLUTION

AIR POLLUTION

Concentration of trace substances at a greater level than occurs in average air

HARMS TO ENVIRONMENT

• Damage property
• Hurt people & other living things
• From factories, car plants & cars
• Factories create sulfur dioxide from burning coal
• Motor vehicles produce carbon dioxide

SOLID WASTE POLLUTION

• 4 lbs per person
• 60% from residences 40% from businesses
• Most waste from paper products

Space is running out for landfills where waste is deposited

WATER POLLUTION

HARMS

• The average American consumes 1,400 gals. Of water per day
• Pollution makes it hard to provide water for people
• 2 types: point-source pollution & non-pount-source pollution

Point source pollution enters a body of water in a specific location. Nonpoint-source pollution comes from a large, diffuse area

POINT SOURCE

• : water using manufacturers
• Municipal sewage

NONPOINT SOURCE

• Fertilizers
• Pesticides

Polluted water can harm aquatic life.

If too much waste is discharged into water, the water becomes oxygen starved and fish die

Oil spills poisons water & drastically hurt aquatic life

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