APES REVIEW Ch 22 Hazardous Chemicals: Pollution and Prevention
Concepts
 Most hazardous waste sites are not a result of malice; we did not know we were creating
a problem.
 The Clean Air and Clean Water Act moved the problem from one media to the next; the
problem was not eliminated because we did not eliminate the production of pollutants.
 To build a sustainable society we need to improve our ability to prevent pollution.
Key Vocabulary
Acute- a reaction that brings on life threatening reactions within hours or days
Chronic- a reaction that that leads to gradual deterioration
Carcinogenic-cancer causing
Superfund-funding act to cleanup of potentially dangerous hazardous-waste sites
Bioremediation-use of microorganisms for the decontamination of soil or groundwater
Phytoremediation-the use of plants for the decontamination of soil or groundwater
Brownfields-abandoned commercial facilities whose development is inhibited due to real or
suspected chemical contamination
Discharge permit (NPDES permit)-a permit that allows a company to legally discharge a certain
amount of pollutant into the air or water
See pollutant chart on my webpage
APES REVIEW Ch 22 Hazardous Chemicals: Pollution and Prevention
Concepts
 Most hazardous waste sites are not a result of malice; we did not know we were creating
a problem.
 The Clean Air and Clean Water Act moved the problem from one media to the next; the
problem was not eliminated because we did not eliminate the production of pollutants.
 To build a sustainable society we need to improve our ability to prevent pollution.
Key Vocabulary
Acute- a reaction that brings on life threatening reactions within hours or days
Chronic- a reaction that that leads to gradual deterioration
Carcinogenic-cancer causing
Superfund-funding act to cleanup of potentially dangerous hazardous-waste sites
Bioremediation-use of microorganisms for the decontamination of soil or groundwater
Phytoremediation-the use of plants for the decontamination of soil or groundwater
Brownfields-abandoned commercial facilities whose development is inhibited due to real or
suspected chemical contamination
Discharge permit (NPDES permit)-a permit that allows a company to legally discharge a certain
amount of pollutant into the air or water
See pollutant chart on my webpage