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Kaye O’Brien  ECE 8814 8814

Kaye O’BrienECE 8814

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Pollution and Some Solutions…………………Slide 1Table of Contents……………..……………………..Slide 2Kinds of Pollution……………………………………….Slide 3What does Pollution Look Like?………………Slides 4-8Air Pollution…………………………………………………Slide 9-12Water Pollution……………………………………………Slide 13-15Solid Waste………..……………………………………….Slide 16-18Video………………………………………………………………Slide 19Hyperlink to a website-………………………………Slide 20

How does pollution affect usSong- “Bad Pollution”………………………………… Slide 21Health Risks………………………………………………….Slide 22Charts…………………………………………………………….Slides 23-26

Pie graph…………………………………………………Slide 23 Bar graphs……………………………………………..Slides 24-26

Photographs of Local Pollution………………….Slide27Solutions to Pollution………………………………….Slides 28-35

Water ……….…………………………………….Slide 30 Air ……….……………………………………………Slide 32 Solid Waste………………………………..…..Slides 34 & 35

Conclusion………………………………………………………Slide 36Conclusion………………………………………………………Slide 36

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Solid Waste

Air

Water

Pollution

What kinds of pollution are there?

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PollutionWhat does it look like?

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Chimney-Steam and smoke-Air pollution

Click here only to go to slide 26

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The Argo Merchant A boat ran aground near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

                                                            

Oil Spill—Water PollutionOil Spill—Water Pollution

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What happened to the

clean air?

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How Why

A cloud of smoke from the exhaust of a vehicle

Increasing traffic

Smoke from a factory chimney

Growing cities

Eruption of a volcano

Rapid economic development

Cigarette smoke Industrialization

Burning leaves Apathetic people

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Effects of Air Pollution• Health problems

• Damage to the environment

• Damage to property

• Thinning of the protective

ozone layer of the atmosphere

which is leading to climate changes

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Ouch!What Ouch!What happened to happened to my home?! my home?!

Water PollutionWater Pollution

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Water PollutionWater Pollution

How• Toxic substances

dissolve in water or gets deposited on the bed.

• Toxic substances enter lakes, rivers, streams, etc.

• Pollutants go down into the ground.

Sources• City sewage• Industrial waste• Agricultural run-off

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Effects of Water Pollution

• Devastating to people and animals, fish, and birds.

• Unsuitable for drinking, recreation, agriculture, and industry.

• Destroys water life.

                                                                        

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Solid Waste

Types of waste• Household waste• Industrial waste• Biomedical or hospital

waste

Why• Population increases• Increased plastics

products• Changes in lifestyle• Landfills not well

equipped to protect against contamination

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Click picture to watch a video.Click picture to watch a video.

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Let’s hear it for:

“Bad Pollution”

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Our health and future are at risk!Our health and future are at risk!

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2021,127

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BomberBatteries

ExideBatteries

Tires

Solid Waste

Bomber Batteries

Exide Batteries

Tires

If your habits are like other Americans,If your habits are like other Americans, you generate about 4 pounds of solid trash per day. Americans you generate about 4 pounds of solid trash per day. Americans are generating waste products faster than nature can break them are generating waste products faster than nature can break them down and using up resources faster than they can be replaced. down and using up resources faster than they can be replaced.

Data collected from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005Data collected from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005

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265,526

191,930

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Solid Waste

Newspaper

Magazines

Telephone books

Co-Mixed

Office paper

Data collected from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005Data collected from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005

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Remember what water pollutionRemember what water pollution looks like?looks like?

What are we going to do?What are we going to do?

Click here to see water pollution

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•Keep lakes cleanKeep lakes clean•Take your used motor oil to a drop off placeTake your used motor oil to a drop off place

•Use latex paint instead of oil and rinse your brushesUse latex paint instead of oil and rinse your brushes in the sink rather than the yardin the sink rather than the yard

•Fill a spray bottle with soapy water instead of bug sprayFill a spray bottle with soapy water instead of bug spray•Plant trees to prevent soil erosionPlant trees to prevent soil erosion

•Keep litter, pet waste, leaves, and grass clippings out Keep litter, pet waste, leaves, and grass clippings out of gutters and storm drains.of gutters and storm drains.

Water SolutionsWater Solutions

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• Carry your own bag with you when you go shopping

• Say no to all plastic bags as often as possible• Reduce the use of paper bags also• Dig a compost pit in your garden and put all the

biodegradables in it• When you go out do not throw paper and other

wrappings or even leftover food here and there-put it in the garbage

AND…

Solid WasteSolid WasteSolutionsSolutions

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ReduceReduce

ReuseReuseRecycleRecycle