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EPA Essays and Term Papers
The EPA: Can It, Will It Save Our Environment??
Pollution of our environment is an issue that concerns each and every one
of us. "The threat of environmental degradation now looms greater than the
threat of nuclear war." Patrick Henry said, "I know no way of judging the
future but by the past." In the past man has trampled on the ...
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EPA Urges Tough Rules On ArsenicPerson 1- For our table topic we are doing “.” The Environmental Protection agency has concluded that it must adopt a new standard for the amount of arsenic allowed in the nation’s drinking water that is at least as though as the one proposed by the Clinton administration, officials said ...
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Drinking Water ContaminationDue to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), America's drinking water is safer than it has been in decades, and of better quality than that of many other countries. Accordingly, many Americans believe that while people elsewhere may have reason to be concerned about getting sick from contaminated ...
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A Guide To Indoor Air QualityAir Pollution Sources in the Home
Introduction
Indoor Air Quality in Your Home
What If You Live in an Apartment?
Improving the Air Quality in Your Home
A Look at Source-Specific Controls
Radon
Evironmental
Tobacco Smoke
Biological Contaminants
Stoves, Heaters, Fireplaces, and ...
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Limonene And Its UsesUnited States Prevention, Pesticides EPA-738-F-94-030 Environmental
Protection And Toxic Substances September 1994 Agency (7508W)
R.E.D. FACTS Limonene
Pesticide Reregistration
All pesticides sold or distributed in the United States must be
registered by EPA, based on scientific studies ...
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Caveat Emptor Of The Love CanalThe Love Canal, an area near Niagara Falls in New York, was
excavated around the turn of the century by a company which was headed by
William T. Love. After Love went broke, the canal was put up for action and
was eventually bought by Hooker Chemicals. In the forties, Hooker Chemicals
began ...
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Global Warming…Fact Or Fiction??
Abstract
This project is a compilation of data gathered via many sources: The EPA, Andre Bernier- Meteorologist, S&EPP and many other environmental organizations. The paper will attempt to show that global warming is not a reality nor is it caused by or a result of the industrial revolution. It ...
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Pesticidesare chemicals that are used to destroy pests. In the agricultural industry, are classified into two categories, carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic. A carcinogenic pesticide is a substance or agent producing or inciting cancer. Conversely, a non-carcinogenic pesticide is substance that does not ...
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Impacts of Global WarmingImpacts of Global Warming
Global warming is the gradual increase in the earth’s surface temperature. Increasing temperatures will cause sea levels to rise above current levels, change of weather patterns, and affect several species of animal’s habitat. Human activities have been found by the ...
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Could Air Pollution Have A Negative Impact On Water Quality??
For the past 30 years, scientists have collected a considerable amount of convincing information demonstrating that air pollutants can be deposited on land and water, sometimes at great distances from their original sources, and can be an important contributor to declining water quality. These ...
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The Environmental Protection AgencyWhy focus on Environmental Protection? Almost any policy issue
could serve to illustrate the significant themes, but environmental
protection places them in particularly bold relief. It involves an
extremely broad range of scientific information, including most of the
physical, biological, and ...
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Lipari Landfillis just one of 115 landfills and hazardous waste sites in New Jersey. LiPari is a fifteen acre municipal and industrial waste landfill first opened in 1958.
is located in Mantua Township, New Jersey. Mantua is a small town in South Jersey neighboring Pitman Township and Glassboro. The landfill ...
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RadonIn this paper I will discuss the element called . I will
explain how and when this element was discovered, its' physical
characteristics, the natural environment of the element and the abundance
in which it occurs. In addition, I will describe why is important to
humans, and other interesting ...
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Mercury in Public SystemsIdentification and Best Management Practices of Mercury-Containing Equipment at Public Drinking Water Systems
(Adapted from Idaho Department of Environmental Quality-Dec 28, 2004)
Identification and Best Management Practices of Mercury-Containing Equipment at Public Drinking Water ...
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Chloroflourocarbonswere discovered in the 1920's by Thomas Midgley, an
organic chemist at General Motors Corporation. He was looking for inert, non-
toxic, non-flammable compounds with low boiling points that could be used as
refrigerants. He found what he was looking for in the form of two ...
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Business And The EnvironmentThe relationship between corporations and the environment is a tumultuous one. Corporations have abused and violated the environment for generations. These actions have now become unacceptable in our present society. There is growing concern for our natural resources; the world's forests, ...
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Environmental Protection AgencyThe EPA was created through Reorganization Plan #3 of 1970, which was devised to compact the Federal Government's environmental regulatory activities into a single agency. The plan was sent by the President to Congress on July 9, 1970, and the Agency began operation on December 2, 1970. Just in ...
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Environmental Justice: Black Mesa Indigenous PeopleEnvironmental Justice: Black Mesa Indigenous People
April 2011
Environmental Justice issues are steadily increasing as battles for nutrient rich lands and land seen as “ideal” for governmental and corporate industry uses diminish. Looking back to the very foundation of our government it is ...
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The Effects Of Lead Poison On ChildrenThroughout the world today one out of every six children under the age
of six are suffering from health disorders due to a poisonous metal known as
lead(Kiwanis, 1996). Lead is a natural occurring bluish-grey metal found in the
earth's crust. It has no taste or smell. Lead can easily be found ...
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Pesticides Are Affecting Our FPesticides are chemicals designed to kill, control, or repel insects, plant diseases, weeds, rodents, and germs. (Most pesticides are used in agriculture production, to killing pests found on hundreds of different crops including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and cereal grains.) All these foods form ...
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