03555nam  2200421 i 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020008004100037020002500078020002200103040003100125082001500156245001500171264010300186264001900289300005300308336002100361337002500382338002300407490004300430500001700473504005100490505163300541505047002174520014202644521001002786650001502796650003202811650002202843650002602865650002202891650003902913650002902952650003302981830004403014852001603058856005903074CCE20401163MnSgEFL20200923085322.0200923t20202020maua     b    001 0 eng d  a9781642656046 (pbk.)  a1642656046 (pbk.)  aMnSgEFLbengcMnSgEFLerda14a363.7321500aPollution. 1a[Ipswich, MA] :bEBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; aAmenia, NY :bGrey House Publishing,c[2020] 4ccopyright 2020  axiii, 167 pages :bcolor illustrations ;c28 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier1 aReference shelf ;vvolume 92, number 5  aH.W. Wilson.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.2 aPreface -- Water Pollution -- The Stuff of Life -- Lethal Algae Blooms-An Ecosystem Out of Balance -- Trump Administration Cuts Back Federal Protections for Streams and Wetlands -- E.P.A. Is Letting Cities Dump More Raw Sewage into Rivers for Years to Come -- Great Lakes Waters at Risk from Buried Contaminants and New Threats -- The Missing 99%: Why Can't We Find the Vast Majority of Ocean Plastic? -- Plastic Bags Were Finally Being Banned: Then Came the Pandemic -- Waiting to Inhale -- What Causes Asthma? Clues from London's Great Smog with Implications for Air Pollution Today -- Air Pollution Could Make the COVID-19 Pandemic Worse for Some People -- Black People Are Dying from the Coronavirus-Air Pollution Is One of the Main Culprits -- Trump Dismantles Environmental Protections under Cover of Coronavirus -- Fine Particle Air Pollution Is a Public Health Emergency -- Hiding in Plain Sight -- Wasted Lands -- 60% of Superfund Sites Could Be Hit by Climate Change, New Government Report Finds -- Plastic Recycling Is Broken: Why Does Big Plastic Want Cities to Get $1 Billion to Fix It? -- Four Things You Didn't Know about Nuclear Waste -- On Nuclear Waste, Finland Shows U.S. How It Can Be Done -- How a Nuclear Stalemate Left Radioactive Waste Stranded on a California Beach -- Hidden Dimensions -- Is Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis? -- Noise Pollution Hurts Wildlife, but States Have Trouble Turning Down the Volume -- Light Pollution Is a Big Problem, But You Can Help -- The Vanishing Night: Light Pollution Threatens Ecosystems -- Where Light Pollution Is Seeping into the Rural Night Sky.2 aFinding Solutions -- Helping the Environment, One Small Sensor at a Time -- Ocean Cleanup Won't Turn a Profit, But We Should Still Do It -- China Could Wash Away Smog with Artificial Rain Storms from Skyscrapers -- Pulling CO2 Out of the Air and Using It Could Be a Trillion-Dollar Business -- This Bicycle Will Clean Polluted Air While You Pedal -- What If Air Conditioners Could Help Save the Planet Instead of Destroying It? -- Bibliography -- Websites -- Index.  aExplores the issues of pollution and how it ranks among the most important issues to be faced to ensure a future for generations to come.2 a10-A. 0aPollution. 0aRefuse and refuse disposal. 0aClimatic changes. 0aEnvironmental policy. 7aPollution.2sears 7aRefuse and refuse disposal.2sears 7aClimatic changes.2sears 7aEnvironmental policy.2sears 0aReference shelf ;vvolume 92, number 5.1 h363.73iPol40uhttps://online.salempress.com/doi/book/10.3331/RSOPoll