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TERM 1
Waste Management
DEFINITION 1 Things we do not need anymore, leadas to waste Mismanagement. TERM 2
Throw "Away"
DEFINITION 2 There is no AWAY, everything goes someplace, Bigger the population, the bigger the problem "away" gets TERM 3
Pollution
DEFINITION 3 Lead in soil, Ethanol in streams, or introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. TERM 4
Point Source of Pollution
DEFINITION 4 Discrete Locations (Smokestacks, Waste Pipes) TERM 5
Non Point Source of Pollution
DEFINITION 5 No single location (Agricultural runoff, Vehicle exhausts)
TERM 6
Case 1 of Pollution
DEFINITION 6 Louisa Co. VA, Mineral District, Shallow Pod shapped bodies of pyrite and pyrrhotite line creek, weather produced sulfuric acid. TERM 7
Case 2 of Pollution
DEFINITION 7 Zinc in Wisconsin, was mined for 150 years, Water contains 2.5 ppm dissolved Zn, PHS drinking water standard is 5 ppm, 1970s EPA lowers mine water standard to 0.5 ppm, EPA water fountains: 20 ppm Zn TERM 8
Types of Air Polution
DEFINITION 8 Particulates and Gases TERM 9
Origins of Air Polution
DEFINITION 9 Primary and Secondary TERM 10
Particulates
DEFINITION 10 Small particles of solid or liquid substances that are designated PM 10 or PM 2.5.
