"The use of elements and compounds has both negative and positive affects on society and the environment'

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i-Sparks Tobacco - MOTIVATION

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Plastic pollution

Szerző: Mindomo Team

Latin America

Szerző: Jonathan Cervantes

"The use of elements and compounds has both negative and positive affects on society and the environment"

"Solubility and plant fertilizers"

Plant buffer

Planting small plants to help filter water

Bushes

Grasses

Shrubs

Trees

Disruption of cycles

Phosphorus

Nitrogen

Causes harm to ecosystems

Lack of algae

Living organisms die

Causes runoff

Eutrophication

Keeps plants healthy

More affordable

Lower labor costs

Restores nutrients within the soil

Increased crop yield

"Metals"

Recycling metals properly

Bioaccumulation/biomagnification

Limit industries use of toxic substances/metals

Mercury

Avoiding use of PVC

Can cause lead build up in water

Disposing both household chemicals/oils properly

Clean areas that have been exposed to metals

Limit the use of heavy metals

Eco-friendly equipment

Replanting/replenishing the environment

Alternative energy sources

To much iron in your blood

Sever damage to the heart

High exposure can damage organs

Lungs

Kidney

Brain

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification

In animals organs

Liver

Kidneys

Mining

Climate change

Waste

Toxic chemical

Can easily leak into the soil and water

Cyanide

Toxic to both humans and animals

Disrupts ecosystem/environment

Essential for processes in animals and plants

Valuable to the economy

Health industry

Retain heat

Prosthetics

X-Rays

Electric and electronic industry

Smoke detectors

Phones

Vehicles

Useful to society/consumers

Aluminum

Gold

Lead

Tungsten

Titanium

"Sodium Fluoride"

Solutions

Monitoring the amounts of fluoride in the water

Use a water filter

This will help get rid of fluoride in your water

Fragile bones

Poor brain development in children

Reduces tooth decay

Prevents cavities

Strengthens enamel

"Diamond Mining"

Reducing outputs

Giving back to the environment

Replanting trees, grass, bushes

Sustainable equipment

Waste management

Reduce Inputs

Pumping ground water and diverting surface water

Use alternative energy sources

Solar power

Wind power

Contributes to climate change

Produces waste

Causes pollution

Disrupts water quality

Draining lakes

Harms wildlife and plants

Disrupts the environment

Contributes to Canada's economy

$1.5 billion

"Road Salt"

Solar panels

Replace asphalt

Heating pipes in the road

Shovel prior to putting down road salt

Mindful of the amount of salt your using

Harms the environment

When large amounts of road salt gets dumped on the roads

Makes it easier for cars to breakdown ice

Reduces injuries and deaths

Makes driving in winter safer

"Plastics"

Use proper recycling methods

Reusable containers and bottles

Cloth/paper bags

Not biodegradable

Non-reusable

Harmful to the environment

Causes harm to animals

Fills up landfills

Useful to consumers

Straws

Toys

Water bottles

Containers

Grocery bags

"DDT"

Reducing impact on animals

IPM Method

Prevention

Control

Monitoring/identifying pests

Never apply pesticides when its raining/going to rain

Plant buffer strips

What can you do?

Find out which foods have a higher amount of pesticides

Grow your own produce

Wash your produce

Buy organically grown foods

Alternative pesticides being used in Canada

Ferric sodium

Ammonium soap and fatty acids

Biomagnification

Bioaccumulation

In the fatty tissues of animals

Amount of chemicals increases at each trophic level

Seals

Polar bears

Helps prevent insect-transferred diseases

Increased crop yields

"What is the cost of our products"

Solution

Factories and pollution

Technologies that destroy pollutants

Rotary concentrators

Rotate at a high speed to separate pollution into hydrophobic media where it is then destroyed by an oxidizer.

Regenerative thermal oxidizers

Repurpose industrial heat to destroy pollutants

Catalytic oxidizers

Uses high temperatures to change air pollutants into there constituent compound form before the chemical can be released into the environment.

Clean energy sources

Solar energy

Wind energy

Negatives

Health issues

Cancer

For those that live near factories

Higher rates of heart disease

Exposure to toxic chemicals

Benzene

Chloromethane

Carbon disulfide

Chemicals accumulate

In animals

on food products

Pollution

From factories

Positives

Chemicals in fertilizers improve crop yields

Useful to our society

Hygiene products

Plastics

Clothes