Facts Sheet about Toxic Emissions
What are toxic emissions?
Toxic emissions are agents that pollute land, water, and air.
What are air pollutants?
Examples of air pollutants are benzene, perchloroethylene, methylene chloride, dioxin, asbestos, toluene, cadmium, mercury, chromium, and lead compounds.
What are water pollutants?
- Fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides from agriculture and residential areas
- Oil, grease, and toxic chemicals from urban runoff and energy production
- Sediments from construction sites, crop and forest lands, and erosion
- Salt from irrigation, mines, acid drainage, and roads
- Bacteria and nutrients from livestock, pet wastes, and septic systems
- Atmospheric deposition and hydromodification
What is polluting our land?
In 2010, Americans generated about 250 million tons of trash. Only 85 million tons of this material was recycled or composted. This means 165 million tons of garbage was added to landfills across the country.
How are people exposed to toxins?
- Breathing contaminated air
- Eating contaminated food products, such as fish from contaminated waters; meat, milk, or eggs, from animals fed on contaminated plants; and fruits and vegetables grown in contaminated soils.
- Drinking water contaminated by pollutants
- Ingesting contaminated soil (usually found in young children)
- Touching contaminated soil, dust, or water
How many toxins are released into the environment?
According to the TRI (Toxics Release Inventory), in 2009 there were 3.37 billion pounds of toxins measured on air, water, land, and underground injection.
All information found http://www.epa.gov/
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This is a well-done fact sheet. I like how you added EPA's logo at the end as well.
ReplyDeleteAlso, when you put in the examples of air pollutants--a good method is to put them in bullet points and maybe add some information about them like "Mercury: known to kill this many people blah blah blah." Just a tip :)
Great Job!!!!! I really liked your combination of definitions/information and stats! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
ReplyDeleteWow, really lends credence to the statement... "you can'd do anything without getting sick". It is kinda stunning to see it all in a list like that.