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

Positives

Useful to our society

Clothes

Plastics

Hygiene products

Chemicals in fertilizers improve crop
yields

Negatives

Pollution

From factories

Chemicals accumulate

on food products

In animals

Exposure to toxic chemicals

Carbon disulfide

Chloromethane

Benzene

Health issues

Higher rates of heart disease

For those that live near factories

Cancer

Solution

Factories and pollution

Clean energy sources

Wind energy

Solar energy

Technologies that 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.

Regenerative thermal oxidizers

Repurpose industrial heat to destroy
pollutants

Rotary concentrators

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

Positives

Increased crop yields

Helps prevent insect-transferred diseases

Bioaccumulation

In the fatty tissues of animals

Amount of chemicals increases
at each trophic level

Polar bears

Seals

Biomagnification

Solution

Alternative pesticides being used in
Canada

Ammonium soap and fatty acids

Ferric sodium

What can you do?

Buy organically grown foods

Wash your produce

Grow your own produce

Find out which foods have a higher
amount of pesticides

Reducing impact on animals

Plant buffer strips

Never apply pesticides when its
raining/going to rain

IPM Method

Monitoring/identifying pests

Control

Prevention

Positives

Useful to consumers

Grocery bags

Containers

Water bottles

Toys

Straws

Negatives

Harmful to the environment

Fills up landfills

Causes harm to animals

Non-reusable

Not biodegradable

Solution

Reusable containers and bottles

Positives

Makes driving in winter safer

Reduces injuries and deaths

Makes it easier for cars to breakdown ice

Negatives

Harms the environment

When large amounts of road
salt gets dumped on the roads

Solution

Mindful of the amount of salt your using

Shovel prior to putting down road salt

Solar panels

Heating pipes in the road

Replace asphalt

Positives

Contributes to Canada's economy

$1.5 billion

Negatives

Disrupts the environment

Harms wildlife and plants

Disrupts water quality

Draining lakes

Contributes to climate change

Causes pollution

Produces waste

Solution

Reduce Inputs

Wind power

Solar power

Pumping ground water and
diverting surface water

Reducing outputs

Waste management

Sustainable equipment

Giving back to the environment

Replanting trees, grass, bushes

Positives

Strengthens enamel

Prevents cavities

Reduces tooth decay

Negatives

Health issues

Cancer

Poor brain development in children

Fragile bones

Solutions

Use a water filter

This will help get rid of fluoride in your
water

Monitoring the amounts of fluoride in the
water

Positives

Useful to society/consumers

Titanium

Tungsten

Lead

Gold

Aluminum

Electric and electronic industry

Vehicles

Phones

Smoke detectors

Health industry

X-Rays

Prosthetics

Retain heat

Valuable to the economy

Essential for processes in animals
and plants

Negatives

Mining

Disrupts ecosystem/environment

Toxic chemical

Cyanide

Toxic to both humans
and animals

Can easily leak into the soil and water

Climate change

Pollution

Waste

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification

In animals organs

Kidneys

Liver

Health issues

High exposure can
damage organs

Brain

Kidney

Lungs

To much iron in your blood

Sever damage to the heart

Solution

Mining

Alternative energy sources

Wind energy

Solar energy

Replanting/replenishing the environment

Eco-friendly equipment

Bioaccumulation/biomagnification

Limit the use of heavy metals

Clean areas that have been exposed to
metals

Disposing both household chemicals/oils
properly

Avoiding use of PVC

Can cause lead build up in water

Limit industries use of toxic
substances/metals

Mercury

Positives

Increased crop yield

Restores nutrients within the soil

Lower labor costs

More affordable

Keeps plants healthy

Negatives

Causes runoff

Lack of algae

Living organisms die

Causes harm to ecosystems

Disruption of cycles

Nitrogen

Phosphorus

Solution

Plant buffer

Trees

Shrubs

Grasses

Bushes