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Air Pollution Impacts [slide 4] Sources of Air Toxics [slide 5-6] Criteria Air Pollutants [slide 7-9] Trends in National Emissions of Criteria Pollutants [slide 10] Comparison of 1970 and 1999 Emissions [slide 11-12] Comparison of Growth in Population, VMT, GNP with Emissions [slide 13] Percent Change in Air Quality [slide 14] Number of People Living in Nonattainment Areas[slide 15]
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Trends in Sulfur Dioxide Emissions [slides 16] Water Pollution [slides 17- 18] Sources of Point and Nonpoint Source Pollution [slide 19-22] Water Quality of Assessed Rivers, Lakes and Estuaries [slide 23] Pollutants and Sources Causing Impairments of Assessed Rivers, Lakes and Estuaries [slide 24] Toxic Release Inventory [slide 25-28] TRI data [slides 29-31] Industrial Waste [slides 32-33] Municipal Solid Waste [slide 34-35] Additional Resources [slide 36-37]
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Carbon monoxide: CO
reduces bloods ability to carry O2 product of incomplete combustion
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Lead: Pb
cause learning disabilities in children , toxic to liver, kidney, blood forming organs tetraethyl lead anti knock agent in gasoline
leaded gasoline has been phased out
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Number of People Living in Counties with Air Quality Concentrations Above the Level of the NAAQS in 1999
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Trends in Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Following Implementation of Phase I of the Acid Rain Program: Total State-level Utility SO2 (1980, 1990, 1999)
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Water Pollution
Based on current water quality standards, over 70 percent of our rivers, 68 percent of our estuaries and 60 percent of our lakes now meet legislatively mandated goals. Some of the risks include
pollutant runoff from agricultural lands stormwater flows from cities
About 40,000 times each year, sanitary sewers overflow and release raw sewage to streets and waterbodies.
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Water Pollution
seepage into ground water from nonpoint sources the loss of habitats such as wetlands. we cannot always eat what we catch because fish flesh is contaminated by the remaining discharges and sources of toxic substances. Microbial contamination of drinking water still presents problems in many communities.
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Pollution Sources
Point sources are direct discharges to a single point;
examples include discharges from sewage treatment plants, injection wells,and some industrial sources.
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Pollution Sources
Non-point sources are diffused across a broad area and their contamination cannot be traced to a single discharge point.
Examples include runoff of excess fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides from agricultural lands and residential areas; oil, grease, and toxic chemicals from urban runoff and energy production; and sediment from improperly managed construction sites, crop and forest lands, and eroding stream banks.
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Who reports
Specified SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) codes, Have 10 or more equivalent full-time employees, and Exceed established thresholds for any chemical on the TRI list
25,000 lb/yr if chemical is manufactured and/or processed 10,000 lb/yr if chemical is otherwise used
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Limitations of TRI
1) TRI does not cover all toxic chemicals that have the potential to adversely affect human health or the environment. 2) TRI does not require reporting from many major sources of pollution releases. 3) TRI does not require companies to report the quantities of toxic chemicals used or the amounts that remain in products. 4) TRI does not provide information about the exposures people may experience as a consequence of chemical use.
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Off-site releases
0.4 billion pounds Transfers off-site for further waste management 3.0 billion pounds
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Industrial Waste
Industrial waste is process waste associated with manufacturing.
This waste usually is not classified as either municipal waste or hazardous waste by federal or state laws. Regulatory programs for managing industrial waste vary widely among state, tribal, and some local governments.
Each year, industrial facilities generate and manage 7.6 billion tons of nonhazardous industrial waste in land application units.
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Additional Resources
Air pollution
US EPA
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/ http://www.epa.gov/air/
Water pollution
US EPA
http://www.epa.gov/water/
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Solid waste
US EPA
http://www.epa.gov/solidwaste/
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