Power point pollution

Environmental pollution

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Pollution and Some Solutions…………………Slide 1
Table of Contents……………..……………………..Slide 2
Kinds of Pollution……………………………………….Slide 3
What does Pollution Look Like?………………Slides 4-8
Air Pollution…………………………………………………Slide 9-12
Water Pollution……………………………………………Slide 13-15
Solid Waste………..……………………………………….Slide 16-18
Video………………………………………………………………Slide 19
Hyperlink to a website-………………………………Slide 20
How does pollution affect us
Song- “Bad Pollution”………………………………… Slide 21
Health Risks………………………………………………….Slide 22
Charts…………………………………………………………….Slides 23-26
Pie graph…………………………………………………Slide 23
Bar graphs……………………………………………..Slides 24-26
Photographs of Local Pollution………………….Slide27
Solutions 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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Pollution
What does it look like?

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Industry-
Water pollution
Click here only to go back to slide 24Click here only to go back to slide 24

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Chimney-
Steam and smoke-
Air pollution
Click here only to go to slide 26Click here only to go to slide 26

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Solid Waste
Pollution

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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
happene
d to the
clean
air?

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Stop Stop
polluting polluting
the air! the air!
Leave us Leave us
alone!alone!

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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 smokeIndustrialization
Burning leavesApathetic 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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What happened What happened
to my home?to my home?

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CleanClean up this here mess! up this here mess!

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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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http://http://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/story/page-8.htmwww.epa.gov/superfund/kids/story/page-8.htm
Read about how pollution affects us!Read about how pollution affects us!

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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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16%
36%
21%
27%
Good Quality
Moderate Quality
Serious Problems
Insufficent Data
The Environmental Protection Agency found that 40% of the nation’s The Environmental Protection Agency found that 40% of the nation’s
assessed waterways remain too polluted for fishing and swimming. assessed waterways remain too polluted for fishing and swimming.
Over 290,000 miles of 840,000 miles of assessed rivers and streams Over 290,000 miles of 840,000 miles of assessed rivers and streams
do not meet water quality standards. Nearly half of all lakes, do not meet water quality standards. Nearly half of all lakes,
reservoirs, and ponds assessed half of them are polluted. reservoirs, and ponds assessed half of them are polluted.

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

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

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Smog around Kennesaw MountainSmog around Kennesaw Mountain
Trash dumped in parking lot in East CobbTrash dumped in parking lot in East CobbVacant house trashed in MariettaVacant house trashed in Marietta

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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

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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 pollutionClick 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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What does air pollution look like? What does air pollution look like?
What can What can
we do?we do?
Click here to see what air pollution Click here to see what air pollution
looks like.looks like.

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Air PollutionAir Pollution
SolutionsSolutions
•Encourage your family
to walk more
•Take the school bus
•Reduce the amount of
spray bottles
•Do not burn leaves in
your yard- put them in
a compost
•Keep your family cars
in tune
•Put catalytic
converters on cars
•Share your room with
others when the air
conditioner is on
•Take care of your trees

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What does solid waste pollution look like?

Frankly, my Frankly, my
dear, what can dear, what can
we do about we do about
it?it?
Click here to see what solid Click here to see what solid
waste pollution looks like.waste pollution looks like.

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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 Waste
SolutionsSolutions

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ReduceReduce
ReuseReuseRecycleRecycle

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To cherish what remains of the Earth and to
foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of
survival.
Wendell Berry