Chapter 32-33

1. Are used in public health to kill vectors of disease, such as mosquitoes, and in agriculture to kill pests that damage crops.
3. March 28, 1979, a nuclear power plant released radioactive gasses and radioactive iodine into the environment.
5. It establishes a comprehensive permit system for all major sources of air pollution.
8. An American marine biologist and conservationist who was influential in advancing the global environmental movement.
9. Regulates commercial nuclear power plants, and other uses of nuclear materials.
10. An independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.
11. The introduction of harmful materials into the environment.

2. A person who works to protect the environment from destruction and pollution.
4. Produced by nuclear fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear power plants.
6. Each year on April 22, millions of people around the world gather to heighten public awareness of environmental problems.
7. A severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating