Forms of Pollution Concepts

• ​Point vs. Nonpoint Sources

• Eutrophication

• Biological Oxygen Demand

• ​Heavy Metals

• Polychlorinated biphenyls

• Thermal Pollution

• Clean Water Act

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Maximum Contaminant Level

• Particulate Matter

• Photochemical vs. Sulfurous Smog

• Tropospheric vs. Stratospheric Ozone

• Volatile Organic Compound

• Primary vs. Secondary Pollutants

• Thermal Inversion

• Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxides

• Sick Building Syndrome

Waste Generation and Disposal Concepts:

• Municipal Solid Waste

• Waste Stream

• ​E-Waste

• Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

• Composting

• Closed and Open-Loop Recycling

• ​Landfills and Incinerators

• Leachate

• CERCLA Superfund Act

• Integrated Waste Management ​

• Brownfields

Human Health Concepts:

• Acute vs. Chronic Disease

• Epidemic vs. Pandemic

• Human Diseases

• Mutagens, Teratogens, Carcinogens and Endocrine Disruptors

• Synergistic Interaction

• Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification

• ​Risk Analysis

• Innocent-Until-Proven-Guilty Principle

• Precautionary Principle

• Stockholm Convention​