SOC 4369 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Vapor Recovery, Indoor Air Quality, Vinyl Chloride
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Role of government in environmental health, lecture 2. Requirements that automakers develop zero emission vehicles. 54% decrease in air pollution since 1970. California, with the worst pollution, has instituted many special regulations and incentives, with some success. Most people spend more time indoors than out. Sources of indoor air pollution: tobacco smoke, wood-burning stoves and fireplaces, gas ranges and furnaces. Radon: danger is unclear, seeps up from soil and rock, can be sealed out. Formaldehyde from insulation, particleboard, plywood, some floor coverings and textiles. Regulated by dept. of housing and urban development. Consumer products such as pesticides, dry-cleaning solvents, paints and paint thinners, hair spray, air fresheners: Allergens such as mold, house mites, animal dander. Acid rain damages forests and crops, turns lakes and rivers acidic, kills fish and plants. Depletion of the ozone layer: montreal protocol, 1987, production of cfcs phased out, ozone layer has stabilized. Carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels causes greenhouse effect, global warming.
