Describe the new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and the impacts they will have on industry and on human health
What will be an ideal response?
"[R]equire all coal- and oil-fired power plants to limit their emissions of mercury, acid gases, and other metallic toxic pollutants, preventing 90% of the mercury and 88% of acid gases from being emitted." This will cause industry to seriously reassess its contamination of the environment. Since mercury pollutants are so devastating to humans (neurologically), the reduction of mercury pollution in the environment will have important benefits to human health.
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A. tropical easterly B. meridional C. low-level D. zonal
The process of photosynthesis converts sunlight energy into ________.
A. plant biomass and water. B. oxygen and plant biomass. C. water and oxygen. D. None of the options is correct.
Most of the more-developed countries have ________.
A. low death rates and low birthrates B. high death rates and high birthrates C. low death rates and high birthrates D. high death rates and low birthrates
Which of the following creates a major problem for scientists studying a particular cycle of glaciation?
a. subsequent glaciation b. changes in sea level c. human activity d. changes in wind direction