Pollution A to Z. L-Z

Richard M. Stapleton9780028657028, 0-02-865702-0

Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
EDITORIAL BOARD……Page 3
Title Page – Volume 2……Page 4
ISBN 0028657004……Page 5
VOLUME 1……Page 6
VOLUME 2……Page 7
Preface……Page 10
CLEANING UP POLLUTION……Page 16
GLOBAL ISSUES……Page 17
HUMAN HEALTH……Page 18
POLITICAL PROCESS……Page 19
SCIENCE……Page 20
VEHICULAR POLLUTION……Page 21
WATER……Page 22
For Your Reference……Page 24
Contributors……Page 36
Labor, Farm……Page 39
LaDuke, Winona……Page 40
Landfill……Page 41
Laws and Regulations, International……Page 43
Laws and Regulations, United States……Page 47
Lead……Page 51
Legislative Process……Page 54
Life Cycle Analysis……Page 56
Lifestyle……Page 57
Light Pollution……Page 66
Limits to Growth, The……Page 69
Malthus, Thomas Robert……Page 70
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act……Page 71
Mass Media……Page 72
Mediation……Page 75
Medical Waste……Page 76
Mercury……Page 80
Methane (CH4)……Page 81
Mexican Secretariat for Natural Resources……Page 82
Mining……Page 83
Mixing Zone……Page 89
Mold Pollution……Page 90
Montréal Protocol……Page 92
Nader, Ralph……Page 93
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)……Page 94
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)……Page 95
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)……Page 96
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)……Page 97
National Toxics Campaign……Page 98
Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)……Page 99
New Left……Page 100
NOx (Nitrogen Oxides)……Page 102
Noise Control Act of 1972……Page 103
Noise Pollution……Page 104
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)……Page 107
Nonpoint Source Pollution……Page 111
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)……Page 115
Ocean Dumping……Page 116
Ocean Dumping Ban Act……Page 121
Ozone……Page 122
Particulates……Page 126
PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)……Page 129
Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) Chemicals……Page 131
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)……Page 132
Pesticides……Page 133
Petroleum……Page 139
Phosphates……Page 146
Plastic……Page 147
Point Source……Page 153
Politics……Page 157
Pollution Prevention……Page 162
Pollution Shifting……Page 167
Popular Culture……Page 169
Population……Page 174
Poverty……Page 178
Precautionary Principle……Page 183
President’s Council on Environmental Quality……Page 184
Progressive Movement……Page 185
Property Rights Movement……Page 187
Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)……Page 188
Public Participation……Page 189
Public Policy Decision Making……Page 195
Radioactive Fallout……Page 198
Radioactive Waste……Page 199
Radon……Page 204
Recycling……Page 207
Regulatory Negotiation……Page 212
Renewable Energy……Page 213
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act……Page 218
Reuse……Page 219
Right to Know……Page 221
Risk……Page 223
Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act……Page 229
Science……Page 230
Scrubbers……Page 237
Sedimentation……Page 238
Settlement House Movement……Page 240
Smelting……Page 242
Smog……Page 244
Snow, John……Page 246
Soil Pollution……Page 247
Solid Waste……Page 249
Space Pollution……Page 257
Sprawl……Page 260
Strong, Maurice……Page 261
Sulfur Dioxide……Page 262
Superfund……Page 263
Sustainable Development……Page 265
Swallow, Ellen……Page 267
Systems Science……Page 268
Technology, Pollution Prevention……Page 270
Terrorism……Page 272
Thermal Pollution……Page 278
Times Beach, Missouri……Page 281
Tobacco Smoke……Page 282
Todd, John……Page 283
Toxic Release Inventory……Page 284
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)……Page 287
Toxicology……Page 288
Tragedy of the Commons……Page 291
Treaties and Conferences……Page 292
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers……Page 296
U.S. Department of Agriculture……Page 297
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency……Page 298
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)……Page 302
U.S. Geological Survey……Page 303
Underground Storage Tank……Page 304
Unintended Consequences……Page 307
Union of Concerned Scientists……Page 309
Vehicular Pollution……Page 310
Visual Pollution……Page 316
VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)……Page 318
War……Page 319
Warren County, North Carolina……Page 325
Waste……Page 326
Waste, International Trade in……Page 329
Waste, Transportation of……Page 330
Waste Reduction……Page 332
Waste to Energy……Page 334
Wastewater Treatment……Page 335
Water Pollution……Page 342
Water Pollution: Freshwater……Page 343
Water Pollution: Marine……Page 350
Water Treatment……Page 354
Whistleblowing……Page 360
Wise-Use Movement……Page 361
Workers Health Bureau……Page 363
World Trade Organization……Page 364
Writers……Page 365
Yucca Mountain……Page 368
Zero Population Growth……Page 371
Glossary……Page 373
A……Page 391
B……Page 394
C……Page 395
D……Page 400
E……Page 402
F……Page 405
G……Page 406
H……Page 408
I……Page 410
L……Page 412
M……Page 414
N……Page 417
O……Page 419
P……Page 421
R……Page 424
S……Page 426
T……Page 429
U……Page 431
W……Page 433
Z……Page 435