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
Chapters 1 and 20 note sheet
Chapters 1 and 20 Vocab table
Chapter 1 slides
Environmental history ppt slides
For Wednesday, 9/6
Ecological footprint website and assignment
For Thursday, 9/7
Here’s the real cost of that $10 polyester shirt
Risk assessment survey questions and Forum link
Preservation vs Conservation reading assignment
Pinchot reading
Leopold reading
Easter Island discussion Ted talk and questions
The Tragedy of the Commons reading and questions
(Planet’s Biocapacity / Humanity’s Ecological Footprint) x 365 = Earth Overshoot Day
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