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Toxicity Part 2 Flashcards

1
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What is phytoremediation?

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The use of green plants to reduce contamination

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What does EPA stand for and when was it founded?

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Environmental protection agency, 1970

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Which 2 incidents inspired the government to create laws concerning the environment?

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Love canal, New York; and times beach, Missouri

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What does RCRA stand for?

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Resource conservation and recovery act

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What is RCRA’s tag line?

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“Cradle to grave”: handling, tracking, and management of toxins

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What inspired RCRA?

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Times beach and love canal

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What does NPL stand for?

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National priority list

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What does the NPL consist of?

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CERCLA and superfund

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What does teratogenic mean?

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It causes fetal abnormalities

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What does CERCLA stand for?

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Comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act

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What is CERCLA’s tag line?

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“Strict, joint, and severe responsibility”

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What does PRP stand for?

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Potentially responsible parties

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What is the purpose of CERCLA?

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Rapid containment and cleanup of abandoned toxic waste sites

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What percent of money for CERCLA comes from superfund?

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70-80%

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What does SARA stand for?

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Superfund amendments and reauthorization act

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What is SARA’s tag line?

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“Community right to know”

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What does SARA do?

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Notifies residents within a 1 mile radius of a superfund site

18
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What are the 3 types of teratogens?

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Viral, chemical, nutritional

19
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What are 5 examples of teratogens?

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DES, fetal alcohol syndrome, acne medications, Zika virus, thalidomide

20
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What are brownfeilds?

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Contaminated commercial property that is underused/ abandoned but can be considered for potential redevelopment

21
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What are 3 advantages to brownfeilds?

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Brings jobs, tax base, reduces urban sprawl

22
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What does CAA stand for?

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Clean air act

23
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What does the CAA do?

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Directs the EPA to protect air and ozone layer, requires emissions permits

24
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What is the CWA?

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Clean water act

25
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What inspired the CWA?

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Santa Barbara oil spill (1969) and cuyahoga river

26
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What 2 things did the CWA do?

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Set water quality standards and required discharge permits

27
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What does the national energy security act do?

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Increased R and D of ethanol fuel production

28
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What inspired the energy tax act?

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The 1970 oil embargo

29
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What happened in Bhopal India?

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MIC has leaked from union carbide (a pesticide company) and killed thousands

30
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What are the 3 steps of the union carbide gas leak?

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1) water entered tank of 42 tons of MIC
2) exothermic reaction: temp raised to 392 degrees, raising pressure
3) the tank vented, releasing the toxic gas into Bhopal

31
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What are 3 things that caused the terrible effect the MIC had?

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MIC stores at unsafe levels, safety systems failed or turned off, no catastrophe plan

32
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Who is Aldo Leopold?

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He wrote “sand country almanac” and emphasized interdependence of living things and abiotic factors

33
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Who is Rachel Carson?

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She wrote “silent spring” which discussed the effects of pesticides on the environment and helped lead to the DDT ban

34
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Who is Gifford Pinchot?

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He said “the greatest good to the greatest number for the longest time” and was the first head of the US forest service

35
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Who is Steven Mather?

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He was the first director of the national park service

36
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Who is Garrett Hardin?

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He wrote “tragedy of the commons” and thought that commonly owned resources are doomed to destruction bc humans are greedy

37
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What did Teddy Roosevelt do?

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He set aside millions of acres for national forests and wildlife refuges

38
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Who is john Muir?

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He founded sierra club, established Yosemite national park, and was a transcendentalist

39
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Who is Henry David Thoreau?

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He wrote “Walden” and “civil disobedience” and was a transcendentalist

40
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Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?

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He was a transcendentalist and believed that people are naturally good

41
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Who is wangari maathai?

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She began the green belt movement

42
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What 4 things has the green belt movement done?

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Slowed soil erosion, improved land quality, provided work for 3,000 women, has planted 10 million trees

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