Pollution

A. Pollution Types 1. Air pollution--(Sources—primary and secondary; major air pollutants; measurement units; smog; acid deposition—causes and effects; heat islands and temperature inversions; indoor air pollution; remediation and reduction strategies; Clean Air Act and other relevant laws) 2. Noise pollution--(Sources; effects; control measures) 3. Water pollution--(Types; sources, causes, and effects; cultural eutrophication; groundwater pollution; maintaining water quality; water purification; sewage 4. Solid waste--(Types; disposal; reduction)  B. Impacts on the Environment and Human Health  1. Hazards to human health--(Environmental risk analysis; acute and chronic effects; dose-response relationships; air pollutants; smoking and other risks)  2. Hazardous chemicals in the environment--(Types of hazardous waste; treatment/disposal of hazardous waste; cleanup of contaminated sites; biomagnification; relevant laws)  C. Economic Impacts--(Cost-benefit analysis; externalities; marginal costs; sustainability)
 * Pollution **[[image:http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppae/pollution.jpg width="303" height="235" align="left"]]

**ARTICLE LINKS AND DISCUSSIONS:**
**SUMMER ARTICLES 2011 (check list so you are not duplicating) **


 * MARCH 2010 ARTICLES:**

[|After Oil Spill, China's Polluted Rivers in Spotlight] [|How Slums Can Save the Planet]


 * FEBRUARY 2010 ARTICLES:**

[|Second-Hand Pollution] [|Genetic Test Could Help Detect Dirty Bomb Exposure]

[|New Mexico Dairy Pollution Sparks 'Manure War'] [|Farm town demands answers on birth defects -- County rejects activists' bid to stop expansion of chemical waste dump] = = [|Fight Against Asian Carp Threatens Fragile Great Lakes Unity-- New York Times]
 * JANUARY 2010 ARTICLES:**

= = [|Indiana's power plant pollution ranks fourth nationwide] [|China Joins U.S. in Pledge of Hard Targets on Emissions] = =
 * DECEMBER 2009 ARTICLES:**

Community Swamped By Coal Sludge to Get $40 Million =[|Schools await a U.S. report on artifical turf]= [|E.P.A. Vows Better Effort on Water] [|Beijing’s Air Is Cleaner, but Far From Clean] [|NRDC: Testing the Waters 2009]
 * NOVEMBER discussions:**

[|Toxic Waters--Debating How Much Weed] [|Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass] [|EPA Unveils New Emissions Standards for Cars] [|Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells] [|Cross-Border Pollution: A Growing International Problem] [|Portable And Precise Gas Sensor Could Monitor Pollution And Detect Disease] [|Plants shut for lead poisoning in south China; thousands sickened] [|E.P.A. Report Suggests Waste Reduction and Recycling Reduces CO2 Emissions]
 * OCTOBER 2009 ARTICLES:**