2.5 REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Briefly explain the air pollution episode that occurred in London in 1952.
2. What is air pollution? What are its main sources?
3. What are the six principal air pollutants?
4. Briefly describe the relationship between developing economies and
environmental problems.
5. What is ‘‘Minamata disease?’’
6. What does ‘‘itai-itai-byo’’ or ‘‘ouch-ouch disease’’ refer to?
7. Explain the changes in water quality in New York City’s Hudson River
during the 1960s and the 1990s.
8. Briefly explain the Love Canal episode.
9. What is the most pronounced change in disease pattern in the U.S. between
the turn of the century and 1950?
10. Name five of the leading causes of death in the U.S. that are considered
environmentally related.
11. What is the recent trend in the incidence rate of children’s cancer in the
U.S.?
12. What does ‘‘teratogenic’’ mean? Name three chemicals that are teratogenic.
13. Briefly explain how environmental chemicals may be associated with the
reproductive system.
14. Explain the differences between the total cancer death rates and the
respiratory-system cancer death rates in the U.S. between 1950 and 1990.
15. In Question 14, what would you conclude by looking at the data presented?
16. What are the most prominent adverse effects of Pb poisoning?
17. What environmental problem exists in gold mining in the Amazon Basin?
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1. Briefly explain the air pollution episode that occurred in London in 1952.
2. What is air pollution? What are its main sources?
3. What are the six principal air pollutants?
4. Briefly describe the relationship between developing economies and
environmental problems.
5. What is ‘‘Minamata disease?’’
6. What does ‘‘itai-itai-byo’’ or ‘‘ouch-ouch disease’’ refer to?
7. Explain the changes in water quality in New York City’s Hudson River
during the 1960s and the 1990s.
8. Briefly explain the Love Canal episode.
9. What is the most pronounced change in disease pattern in the U.S. between
the turn of the century and 1950?
10. Name five of the leading causes of death in the U.S. that are considered
environmentally related.
11. What is the recent trend in the incidence rate of children’s cancer in the
U.S.?
12. What does ‘‘teratogenic’’ mean? Name three chemicals that are teratogenic.
13. Briefly explain how environmental chemicals may be associated with the
reproductive system.
14. Explain the differences between the total cancer death rates and the
respiratory-system cancer death rates in the U.S. between 1950 and 1990.
15. In Question 14, what would you conclude by looking at the data presented?
16. What are the most prominent adverse effects of Pb poisoning?
17. What environmental problem exists in gold mining in the Amazon Basin?
30
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[16:55 26/8/04 P:/CRC PRESS/4365 MING-HO.751 (1670)/4365-002.3d]
Ref: 4365 MING-HO YU Chap-002 Page: 30 13-30