1. Pollution Search By
Carol A. Alleyne

2. What is Pollution Pollution is the contamination of:
Air (Air Pollution)
Water (Water Pollution)
Land (Land Pollution)

3. Air Pollution can come from many sources known as air pollutants.

4. Air Pollutants Automobiles Coal-fired plants
Fire places and Wood burning stoves
Carbon dioxide and Ash
Sulfur oxides, and Sooth

5. Health Risks Acid Rain Acid rain poisons lakes in certain regions
Kills fish or causing chronic stress that make fish less able to compete for food and habitat

6. Smog can burn eyes and damage lungs
Health Risks
Smog can burn eyes and damage lungs
Smog

7. Health Risks Chlorofluorocarbons destroys the ozone layer
more of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays reach the earth
and possibly leads to increased rates of skin cancer

8. Water Pollution Sewage treatment plants Industrial plants
Agricultural land
Fertilizers, pesticides
Streets
oil from cars
chemicals used in the homes

9. Water Pollution
How
Discharge polluted waste water into rivers, bays and oceans and stream
Watershed or into the atmosphere finds it way into the water cycle

10. Pollution Control Pollution we cannot control Natural events
Volcanic eruptions
Decomposition in wetlands

11. Pollution Control Some Pollutions We Can Control Industries
Improving efficiency
Development of hybrid vehicles using cleaner fuels
Riding bikes or walking instead of driving
Laws
Agencies

12. Laws
The U.S. has Some of the Strictest Pollution Control Laws in the World
Clean Air Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act

13. Agencies Environmental Control Agency (EPA) Sets standards for:
The amount of pollution vehicle can produce
Maximum levels of pollutant in the air
Which pollutant and how much can be released into waterways

14. Other Pollution Control Laws
Safe Drinking Water Act
Protect public drinking water supplies
Federal Insecticide Fungicide, and Rodenticide Control Act (FIFRA)
Regulate pesticide use

15. Other Pollution Control Laws
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Control solid waste and hazardous waste disposal
Ocean Dumping Act
Regulate ocean dumping

16. What Can You Do? Read labels for potentially hazardous ingredients
Properly discard plastics and bottles
Encourage adults to properly dispose of chemicals and motor oils
Car pool, walk, or ride your bikes
Properly clean up after pets
Monitor the use of refrigerators, washer, dryers through energy efficiency

17. Pollution Control is Now Everybody’s Business!