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MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENTS • London smog, 1952 – urban air pollution by smoke and SO 2 killed 4,000 people • Minamata disease, 1953 – industrial discharge of methylmercury killed 44 people and permanently damaged hundreds • Bhopal incident, 1984 – accidental industrial release of methyl isocyanate killed 2,500 people • Chernobyl accident, 1986 – nuclear power station accident killed 31 people from acute radiation poisoning, contaminated soils throughout Europe prompting destruction of agricultural produce throughout the continent for one subsequent year, could eventually cause 47,000 cancer deaths. • Exon Valdez accident, 1989 – 250,000 barrels of oil spilled into the Prince William Sound in Alaska
MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE 21st CENTURY • GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE • STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION • ACID RAIN • URBAN AIR POLLUTION • HAZE FROM FOREST FIRES • DECLINING WATER RESOURCES • EUTROPHICATION • SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL • DESERTIFICATION • TOXIC WASTE DISPOSAL • RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION
Page 1 and 2: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMI
Page 3 and 4: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY "Environmen
Page 5 and 6: ENVIRONMENT Sum total of human surr
Page 7 and 8: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN COMPONENT PART
Page 9 and 10: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES • Descripti
Page 11 and 12: BOX MODEL Study the system’s beha
Page 13 and 14: HUMAN DISRUPTION OF BIOGEOCHEMICAL
Page 15 and 16: HUMAN IMPACTS ON BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYC
Page 17 and 18: Population/millions Indian populati
Page 19 and 20: POPULATION AND RESOURCES RESOURCES
Page 21 and 22: IMPACT OF GROWING POPULATION ON THE
Page 23 and 24: SOLID WASTE PER CAPITA CITY, COUNTR
Page 25 and 26: POPULATION DYNAMICS • Population
Page 27 and 28: TYPES OF POLLUTION CHEMICAL PHYSICA
Page 29 and 30: SOURCES OF POLLUTION • DOMESTIC
Page 31 and 32: EXTENT OF POLLUTION • Local - e.g
Page 33 and 34: EFFECTS OF POLLUTION • For some s
Page 35: PER CAPITA ENERGY USE FOR TRANSPORT
Page 39 and 40: LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY • E
Page 41 and 42: INDUSTRIAL CYCLE • Also called
Page 43 and 44: BRANCHES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Page 45: TWO APPROACHES TO STUDY OF ENVIRONM

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