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Kaye O’Brien
ECE 8814 8814
Kaye O’Brien
ECE 8814
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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 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 24
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Chimney-
Steam and smoke-
Air pollution
Click here only to go to slide 26
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Solid Waste
Pollution
Click here only to go back to slide 28
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The Argo Merchant
A boat ran aground near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
Oil Spill—Water Pollution
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What
happene
d to the
clean air?
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Stop
polluting
the air!
Leave us
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 smoke Industrialization
Burning leaves Apathetic 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
happened to
my home?!
Water Pollution
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Water 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
to my home?
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Cleanup 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.
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http://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/story/page-8.htm
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!
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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
assessed waterways remain too polluted for fishing and swimming.
Over 290,000 miles of 840,000 miles of assessed rivers and streams
do not meet water quality standards. Nearly half of all lakes,
reservoirs, and ponds assessed half of them are polluted.
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202
1,127
13,739
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
Each
Bomber
Batteries
Exide
Batteries
Tires
Solid Waste
Bomber Batteries
Exide Batteries
Tires
If your habits are like other Americans,
you generate about 4 pounds of solid trash per day. Americans
are generating waste products faster than nature can break them
down and using up resources faster than they can be replaced.
Data collected from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005
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88,734
18 18 11 47 1,961
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
Tons
Inert
G
lass,Am
ber
G
lass,Flint18
G
lass,G
reen2
G
lass,M
ixed
M
etals
Solid Waste
Inert
Glass, Amber
Glass, Flint18
Glass, Green2
Glass, Mixed
Metals
Data collected from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005
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265,526
191,930
60,963
7,770
117,870
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
Pounds
Newspaper
M
agazines
Telephone
booksCo-M
ixed
Office
paper
Solid Waste
Newspaper
Magazines
Telephone books
Co-Mixed
Office paper
Data collected from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005
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Smog around Kennesaw Mountain
Trash dumped in parking lot in East Cobb Vacant house trashed in Marietta
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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
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Remember what water pollution
looks like?
What are we going to do?
Click here to see water pollution
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•Keep lakes clean
•Take your used motor oil to a drop off place
•Use latex paint instead of oil and rinse your brushes
in the sink rather than the yard
•Fill a spray bottle with soapy water instead of bug spray
•Plant trees to prevent soil erosion
•Keep litter, pet waste, leaves, and grass clippings out
of gutters and storm drains.
Water Solutions
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What does air pollution look like?
What can
we do?
Click here to see what air pollution
looks like.
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Air Pollution
Solutions
• 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
dear, what can
we do about
it?
Click here to see what solid
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 Waste
Solutions
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Reduce
ReuseRecycle
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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

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    1 Kaye O’Brien ECE 88148814 Kaye O’Brien ECE 8814
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    2 Pollution and SomeSolutions…………………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 36
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    5 Industry- Water pollution Click hereonly to go back to slide 24
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    6 Chimney- Steam and smoke- Airpollution Click here only to go to slide 26
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    7 Solid Waste Pollution Click hereonly to go back to slide 28
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    8 The Argo Merchant Aboat ran aground near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Oil Spill—Water Pollution
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    11 How Why A cloudof smoke from the exhaust of a vehicle Increasing traffic Smoke from a factory chimney Growing cities Eruption of a volcano Rapid economic development Cigarette smoke Industrialization Burning leaves Apathetic people
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    12 Effects of AirPollution • 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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    14 Water Pollution How • Toxicsubstances 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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    15 Effects of WaterPollution • Devastating to people and animals, fish, and birds. • Unsuitable for drinking, recreation, agriculture, and industry. • Destroys water life.
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    18 Solid Waste Types ofwaste • 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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    19 Click picture towatch a video.
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    21 Let’s hear itfor: “Bad Pollution”
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    22 Our health andfuture are at risk!
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    23 16% 36% 21% 27% Good Quality Moderate Quality SeriousProblems Insufficent Data The Environmental Protection Agency found that 40% of the nation’s assessed waterways remain too polluted for fishing and swimming. Over 290,000 miles of 840,000 miles of assessed rivers and streams do not meet water quality standards. Nearly half of all lakes, reservoirs, and ponds assessed half of them are polluted.
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    24 202 1,127 13,739 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 Each Bomber Batteries Exide Batteries Tires Solid Waste Bomber Batteries ExideBatteries Tires If your habits are like other Americans, you generate about 4 pounds of solid trash per day. Americans are generating waste products faster than nature can break them down and using up resources faster than they can be replaced. Data collected from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005
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    25 88,734 18 18 1147 1,961 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 Tons Inert G lass,Am ber G lass,Flint18 G lass,G reen2 G lass,M ixed M etals Solid Waste Inert Glass, Amber Glass, Flint18 Glass, Green2 Glass, Mixed Metals Data collected from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005
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    27 Smog around KennesawMountain Trash dumped in parking lot in East Cobb Vacant house trashed in Marietta
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    28 WHAT ARE WEGOING TO DO?
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    29 Remember what waterpollution looks like? What are we going to do? Click here to see water pollution
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    30 •Keep lakes clean •Takeyour used motor oil to a drop off place •Use latex paint instead of oil and rinse your brushes in the sink rather than the yard •Fill a spray bottle with soapy water instead of bug spray •Plant trees to prevent soil erosion •Keep litter, pet waste, leaves, and grass clippings out of gutters and storm drains. Water Solutions
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    31 What does airpollution look like? What can we do? Click here to see what air pollution looks like.
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    32 Air Pollution Solutions • Encourageyour 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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    33 What does solidwaste pollution look like? Frankly, my dear, what can we do about it? Click here to see what solid waste pollution looks like.
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    34 • Carry yourown 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 Waste Solutions
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    36 To cherish whatremains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. Wendell Berry