Across
- 2. found polluting water like estrogen
- 6. Used in cities for sewage
- 8. Industrial compounds in plastic manufacturing, carcinogenic
- 11. An act setting contaminant levels (includes groundwater)
- 15. cancer causing
- 18. Highly toxic compound created by bacterial conversion of mercury
- 20. A type of pollution labeled as garbage and sludge
- 23. Area where bacteria thrives and creates hypoxic conditions
- 24. Pollution occurring in the form of heat
- 25. Big source of mercury and lead from wells with contaminated water dumped at drilling sites
- 27. Naturally occurring in rocks if mined could infiltrate into groundwater
Down
- 1. Pollution coming from a larger area
- 3. Used in most rural houses for sewage
- 4. around the size of Texas and estimated hundreds of millions of kg in trash
- 5. the contamination of water bodies
- 7. lines pipes where if corroded could poison water passing
- 9. After catching on fire various times efforts were finally made to regulate pollution
- 10. Process where acid deposits in form of snow, rain, and gas. sticking to soil and plants
- 12. tanker oil spill off the coast of Alaska, 11 millions gallons of oil spilled
- 13. Pollution coming from a distinct location
- 14. Naturally occurring heavy metal extracted mostly by the burning of fossil fuels
- 16. dirties the water due to sediment moving
- 17. contains harmful chemicals that release when burned
- 19. An act in which water is restored chemically, biologically, and physically (excludes groundwater)
- 21. Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
- 22. Occurs after a body of water becomes nutrient rich
- 26. flame retardants that lead to brain damage