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Pollution.

Explores the issues of pollution and how it ranks among the most important issues to be faced to ensure a future for generations to come.

Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Ipswich, Mass.] : Amenia, NY : EBSCO Information Services, Incorporated ; Grey House Publishing, [2020]
Series:Reference shelf ; volume 92, number 5.
Subjects:
Pollution.
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Climatic changes.
Environmental policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Water Pollution
  • The Stuff of Life
  • Lethal Algae Blooms-An Ecosystem Out of Balance
  • Trump Administration Cuts Back Federal Protections for Streams and Wetlands
  • E.P.A. Is Letting Cities Dump More Raw Sewage into Rivers for Years to Come
  • Great Lakes Waters at Risk from Buried Contaminants and New Threats
  • The Missing 99%: Why Can't We Find the Vast Majority of Ocean Plastic?
  • Plastic Bags Were Finally Being Banned: Then Came the Pandemic
  • Waiting to Inhale
  • What Causes Asthma? Clues from London's Great Smog with Implications for Air Pollution Today
  • Air Pollution Could Make the COVID-19 Pandemic Worse for Some People
  • Black People Are Dying from the Coronavirus-Air Pollution Is One of the Main Culprits
  • Trump Dismantles Environmental Protections under Cover of Coronavirus
  • Fine Particle Air Pollution Is a Public Health Emergency
  • Hiding in Plain Sight
  • Wasted Lands
  • 60% of Superfund Sites Could Be Hit by Climate Change, New Government Report Finds
  • Plastic Recycling Is Broken: Why Does Big Plastic Want Cities to Get $1 Billion to Fix It?
  • Four Things You Didn't Know about Nuclear Waste
  • On Nuclear Waste, Finland Shows U.S. How It Can Be Done
  • How a Nuclear Stalemate Left Radioactive Waste Stranded on a California Beach
  • Hidden Dimensions
  • Is Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis?
  • Noise Pollution Hurts Wildlife, but States Have Trouble Turning Down the Volume
  • Light Pollution Is a Big Problem, But You Can Help
  • The Vanishing Night: Light Pollution Threatens Ecosystems
  • Where Light Pollution Is Seeping into the Rural Night Sky.
  • Finding Solutions
  • Helping the Environment, One Small Sensor at a Time
  • Ocean Cleanup Won't Turn a Profit, But We Should Still Do It
  • China Could Wash Away Smog with Artificial Rain Storms from Skyscrapers
  • Pulling CO2 Out of the Air and Using It Could Be a Trillion-Dollar Business
  • This Bicycle Will Clean Polluted Air While You Pedal
  • What If Air Conditioners Could Help Save the Planet Instead of Destroying It?
  • Bibliography
  • Websites
  • Index.