Welcome to Pollution Guide
Pollution Prevention Article
. For a permanent link or to bookmark this article for further reading, click here.
Effects Of Water Pollution: Waves Of Damage
Water pollution is more then witnessing the occasional carelessness of a human who may have dropped an item into the water. There are many factors that encompass this type of pollution. We are all affected by it and need to take warning of what has happened and what will continue to happen if it is not stopped.
Who Is To Blame For Water Pollution?
We are conditioned to blame another source for any mishaps, especially one that is as large as water pollution. There are major contributing factors that stem from big industry and governmental oversight, but there is another player in this nightmare; man. It did not just take one man and one day to create this fiasco, but many humans and many centuries. There have been major steps towards monitoring and fining big businesses that pollute our waterways, but there does not seem to be a way to do so for each individual on this great Earth. This type of source is now called nonpoint pollution.
How Does Water Pollution Happen?
There are many reasons that water pollution occurs and many happen without our intentions. Some of the contributing factors include:
• Runoff – Oil, toxic chemicals, and grease from urban runoff or energy production
• Sediments – Construction sites that are poorly managed, crop and forest lands, and eroding stream banks
• Salt – On roadways, irrigation, acid drainage from abandoned mines
• Bacteria – Nutrients from livestock, pet wastes, and improper septic systems leek into the groundwater
Who Is Bothered?
The out of sight out of mind concept has been the way of thinking for too long. People think that once pollution goes out into the water then the problem ends, but what they forget is the waterways are homes to many species of plant life and animal organisms; many that have become extinct due to water pollution. Here is just a taste of some of the damage that may occur:
• Bacteria – The bacteria that is in the pollution cause many diseases among the fish and other living organisms and may result in death.
• Oxygen – This is vital for the underwater population too. Some toxins that are dumped require oxygen for decomposition, which robs the organisms of their oxygen. There are others that create the overproduction of certain algae that also require too much oxygen.
• Solids – Plastics, metals, and other solids that enter the waterways are accidentally ingested by organisms causing illness or death.
• Toxins – Some of the toxins taken in will make fish or other organisms ill, those fish are caught for market, and the human who eats the fish also become ill.
Water pollution carries a heavy burden for all those who come in contact with the waterways of our earth. The Earth may be covered with a large portion of water but once it is tainted then that is all there is. We cannot just ask for more, so we need to take care of the water and the organisms it houses.
Pollution Prevention Specific links
Pollution Prevention News
SC Johnson Named Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment for Pollution ... - MarketWatch (press release)
SC Johnson Named Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment for Pollution ... MarketWatch (press release) SC Johnson was recognized in the category of Pollution Prevention, in particular, for its newest aerosol production line at its Waxdale manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant, Wis. The line uses innovative compressed gas technology to manufacture ... |
SC Johnson Named Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment for Pollution ... - Sacramento Bee
SC Johnson Named Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment for Pollution ... Sacramento Bee SC Johnson was recognized in the category of Pollution Prevention, in particular, for its newest aerosol production line at its Waxdale manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant, Wis. The line uses innovative compressed gas technology to manufacture ... |
NASCAR and EPA Partner on Green Initiatives - eNews Park Forest
 Daily Yonder | NASCAR and EPA Partner on Green Initiatives eNews Park Forest ... raise environmental awareness, drive the adoption of safer products by more Americans, and support the growing green economy,” said Jim Jones, EPA's acting assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP). NASCAR, federal agency form partnership to promote products friendly to ... NASCAR and EPA team up to promote "environmental awareness" to fans |
Graphene a Possibly Less Toxic Way to Rust-Proof Steel - ScienceBlog.com (blog)
 ScienceBlog.com (blog) | Graphene a Possibly Less Toxic Way to Rust-Proof Steel ScienceBlog.com (blog) Their next step is to use a $50000 grant from the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute to enhance the graphene composite's lasting power, as well as the quality of its finish. Tata Steel, an international company that has provided past funding ... Researchers look at graphene for rust-proof coating Researchers Develop Graphene-Based Anti-Corrosion Coating Using graphene, scientists develop a less toxic way to rust-proof steel |
Cheney Stadium project kicks off a new era of water pollution prevention - Exit 133
Cheney Stadium project kicks off a new era of water pollution prevention Exit 133 “By using green infrastructure we are soaking in and filtering rainwater on-site instead of it travelling many miles through pipes and collecting all sorts of pollution,” said City engineer Jessica Knickerbocker, who was the project manager for the ... |