Environmental Concerns of Industrialization Answers

Removing particulates from smokestack emissions is an example of an “end of pipe” remedy. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Using complete sentences, describe the chain of events that lead to pollution of aquifers.

Using complete sentences, describe the chain of events that leads to the eutrophication of water systems.

Asbestos can cause lung damage and cancer. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Using complete sentences, describe the chain of events that caused the Minamata disaster between 1932 and 1968.

What happened in Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986? A. The explosion of a nuclear reactor killed 30 people. B. Deadly gases from a pesticide factory killed 20,000 people. C. The dam holding back a toxic waste retention pond failed, flooding 10,000 homes with benzene. D. Uranium seeping out of a mine contaminated the water supply, causing radioactive poisoning in 30% of the city’s residents. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Which pollutant did the United States begin taxing in 1990? A. CFCs B. TFCs C. HDCs D. BMPs Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

Using complete sentences, analyze the primary causes of the London Fog in 1952.

Using complete sentences, describe three effects resulting from long-term exposure to polluted air.