The Industrial Revolution
v.s.Pollution
Pre-Industrial Revolution Lifestyles
Pre-industrial Society
• Pre-industrial lifestyles worked with the resources of the Earth and within the bounds of natural ecosystems.
• No desire to over-use Earth’s resources and nature could recover from the environmental impact of mankind’s economic activities unaided.
Pre-industrial Societies
• Small-scale production (i.e. artisanship rather than mass production)
• Primarily agricultural economy geared toward self-sufficiency, not market exchange, little surplus
• Little division of labor • Limited variation in social classes• Parochialism: undeveloped
transportation limited contact with outside world
Resources
• http://www.ricoh.com/environment/management/earth.html
• http://viswiki.com/en/Pre-industrial_society
"The Silent Highwayman" Cartoon commenting on
polluted condition of the Thames
1858
The instruments that caused pollution during the Industrial Revolution
The mechanization of the textile industry
The refinement of making cast iron
The development of coal smelting
Industry replaced Human Labor
Steam Power: burning of coal
Machinery Power
Internal combustion engine
Source of Power
Resourceshttp://qkzz.net/article/693e12fb-f80f-4115-84a7-ced0d9e836ad.htm
http://dictionary.editme.com/ZCity2
http://www.eh-resources.org/timeline/timeline_industrial.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/History/results_of_the_industrial_revo.html
http://www.pollutionissues.com/Ho-Li/Industry.html
What instruments caused pollution?
Air Pollution
Burning fossil fuels emits CO2
• Transportation
• Smoke
• Mist: London’s humidity mixed in with dust
• Acid Rain
Water Pollution—Usage
• Domestic: increase in population creates more waste water
• Industry: industrial waste• Agriculture: left-over from over-
production
Soil Contamination
• Agriculture: fertilizer and pesticides seeping into the ground
What are the impacts on humans?
Impacts
Human Population: survival rate of children improved, crowdedness, contagious disease
Human Body: 70 to 90% of the urban populations of Europe and North America were infected with TB, and about 40% of working-class deaths in cities were from TB
Causes for Tuberculosis
• Construction work increased because of population increase: paint, concrete and Portland cement; also in soil, mortar, plaster, and shingles.
• Low body weight is associated with risk of tuberculosis as well.
• Diet may also modulate risk.
• Along with overcrowding, poor nutrition may contribute to the strong link observed between tuberculosis and poverty.
Other Pollution
• Air pollution
• Water pollution
• Soil contamination
• Littering
• Radioactive contamination
• Noise pollution
• Light pollution
• Visual pollution • Thermal pollution
Resources
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis
Were there any laws to prevent pollution?
Water Pollution---Polluted Rivers
• Piped municipal sewage.• Fought hundreds of court cases.
NO USE.
Chemical Pollution---Acid Rain
• Required firms to install absorbing towers to control the acid emissions. • Established a new bureaucracy to enforce the Act.
Resources
• http://environment.probeinternational.org/news/property-rights/river-pollution-lawsuit-runs-through-it
• http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/3208/Chemical-Industry.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage_collection_and_disposal