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Effect of fertilizer runoff?
Water pollution, eutrophication, and algal blooms.
Consequence of untreated sewage discharge?
Water contamination and disease spread.
Impact of smoke from factory smokestacks?
Air pollution and respiratory problems.
What are the effects of exposure to chemical hazards?
Can cause various health problems, including cancer and developmental issues.
What are the effects of exposure to biological hazards?
Can cause infectious diseases and illnesses.
What does the Clean Water Act regulate?
Discharge of pollutants into waterways.
What is required to discharge point source pollution under the Clean Water Act?
A permit.
What type of funding does the Clean Water Act provide?
Money for sewage treatment plants and wetland protection.
Define pollution.
Any substance or energy introduced into the environment that has harmful effects.
What is point source pollution?
Pollutants from a single, identifiable location.
What is nonpoint source pollution?
Pollutants from many diffuse sources, hard to pinpoint.
Define Best Practicable Technology (BPT).
Technology used for cleaning up point sources of pollution.
Define Best Available Technology (BAT).
Technology used for cleaning up toxins from pollution sources.
Define physical environmental hazards.
Hazards arising from natural processes posing risks to human health.
Define chemical environmental hazards.
Synthetic chemicals that our society manufactures that are hazardous.
Define biological environmental hazards.
Ecological interactions where hosts get sick after a virus or bacteria invades.
Define cultural environmental hazards.
Hazards resulting from our place of residence, socioeconomic status, and behavior.