1900-Lacey Act

1958-amendment to the United States' Food, Drugs, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. ... The Delaney clause was a provision in the amendment which said that if a substance were found to cause cancer in man or animal, then it could not be used as a food additive.

1970-National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

1970-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

1970-the Clean Air Act

1970-National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

1972-the Clean Water Act

1972-DDT was banned in the US

1973-the Endangered Species Act

1973- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

1973-The EPA starts lead gasoline phase-out

1974-the Safe Drinking Water Act

1975-Congress set national tailpipe emissions standards to prevent automotive air pollution

1976-Toxic Substances Control Act

1976-Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

1977-Soil and Water Conservation Act

1977-Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

1978-Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

1978-Federal ban on chlorofluorocarbons

1980-Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA: Superfund

1987-the Montreal Protocol

1997-the Kyoto Protocol

*understand the impact of these policies and legislation and why they are necessary

*understand how they were created as solutions to environmental problems

How to write an FRQ by College Board

AP test portion 

Pollution (25–30%) 

A. Pollution Types 

1. Air pollution (Sources — primary and secondary; major air pollutants; measurement units; smog; acid deposition — causes and effects; heat islands and 

temperature inversions; indoor air pollution; remediation and reduction strategies; Clean Air Act and other relevant laws) 

2. Noise pollution (Sources; effects; control measures) 

3. Water pollution (Types; sources, causes, and effects; cultural eutrophication; groundwater pollution; maintaining water quality; water purification; sewage 

treatment/septic systems; Clean Water Act and other relevant laws)

4. Solid waste (Types; disposal; reduction) 

B. Impacts on the Environment and Human Health 

1. Hazards to human health (Environmental risk analysis; acute and chronic effects; dose-response relationships; air pollutants; smoking and other risks) 

2. Hazardous chemicals in the environment (Types of hazardous waste; treatment/disposal of hazardous waste; cleanup of contaminated sites; biomagnification; relevant laws) 

C. Economic Impacts 

(Cost-benefit analysis; externalities; marginal costs; sustainability) 

VII. Global Change (10–15%) 

A. Stratospheric Ozone 

(Formation of stratospheric ozone; ultraviolet radiation; causes of ozone depletion; effects of ozone depletion; strategies for reducing ozone depletion; relevant laws and treaties) 

B. Global Warming 

(Greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect; impacts and consequences of global warming; reducing climate change; relevant laws and treaties) 

C. Loss of Biodiversity 

1. Habitat loss; overuse; pollution; introduced species; endangered and extinct species 

2. Maintenance through conservation 

3. Relevant laws and treaties 

College Board tutorial (for end of year) Sources of Pollution