Pollution / [compiled by Grey House Publishing].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grey House Publishing, Inc., compiler.

Series:

Reference shelf ; v. 92, no. 5.

The reference shelf / H.W. Wilson, a Division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; volume 92, number 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pollution.

Refuse and refuse disposal.

Climatic changes.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 167 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

Islands of plastic waste, chemicals from everyday products and prescription drugs, and farm animal waste are all contributing to the destruction of our environment and climate change. Such issues, and the difficulty of solving them, are the subject of this Reference Shelf. Radical plans to artificially cool Earth's climate and to use ocean currents to correct plastic sea pollution are discussed, as well as the difficulty of enforcing environmental protection laws. The impact of China's recent decision to stop buying U.S. recycling is also explored, as are controversial particulate air tests run on humans. -- Publisher

Contents:

1. Water pollution. The stuff of life

Lethal algae blooms

An ecosystem out of balance / Jeremy Hance

Trump administration cuts back federal protections for streams and wetlands / Scott Neuman and Colin Dywer

E.P.A. is letting cities dump more raw sewage into rivers for years to come / Christopher Flavelle

Great Lakes waters at risk from buried contaminants and new threats / Robert M. L. McKay, Joel E. Gagnon, John Hartig, et al.

The missing 99%: Why can't we find the vast majority of ocean plastic? / Stephen Buranyi

Plastic bags were finally being banned: Then came the pandemic / Jasmin Malik Chua

2. Clean Air. Waiting to inhale. What causes asthma? Clues from London's great smog with implications for air pollution today / Jamie T. Mullins

Air pollution could make the COVID-19 pandemic worse for some people / Justine Calma

Black people are dying from the Coronavirus

Air pollution is one of the main culprits Jared Dewese

Trump dismantles environmental protections under cover of Coronavirus / Emily Holden

Fine particle air pollution is a public health emergency hiding in plain sight / Douglas Brugge and James Lane

3. Waste and land conservation. Wasted Lands. 60% of superfund sites could be hit by climate change, new government report finds / Dino Grandoni and Brady Dennis

Plastic recycling is broken: Why does big plastic want cities to get $1 billion to fix it? / Shannon Osaka

Four things you didn't know about nuclear waste / Laura Leay

On nuclear waste, Finland shows U.S. how it can be done / Henry Fountain

How a nuclear stalemate left radioactive waste stranded on a California beach / Rachel Becker

4. Side effects. Hidden dimensions. Is noise pollution the next big public-health crisis? / David Owen

Noise pollution hurts wildlife, but states have trouble turning down the volume / Alex Brownhe main culprits Light pollution is a big problem, but you can help / Joe Rao

The vanishing night: Light pollution threatens ecosystems / Diana Kwon

Where light pollution is seeping into the rural night sky / Linda Poon

5. Looking ahead. Finding Solutions. Helping the environment, one small sensor at a time / Ellen Rosen

Ocean cleanup won't turn a profit, but we should still do it / Peter King

China could wash away smog with artificial rain storms from skyscrapers / Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Pulling CO2 out of the air and using it could be a trillion-dollar business / David Roberts

This bicycle will clean polluted air while you pedal / Nick Mafi

What if air conditioners could help save the planet instead of destroying it? / Matt Simon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781642656046

1642656046

OCLC:

1199300443