Across
- 2. Mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 8. The ability of a solid/liquid/gas to dissolve into a liquid
- 13. when heat released into water has negative effects on organisms living in the water
- 14. Outdated insecticide
- 15. Ammonia from animal waste, nitrates/phosphates from ag. or lawn fertilizers
- 17. sewage discharged into a surface body of water
- 18. Form of pneumonia/lung damage
- 19. Compounds that do not easily breakdown in the environment
- 20. Inorganic solid waste that collects at the bottom of tanks in primary and secondary treatment
Down
- 1. chemicals in sunscreen, oil from roadways, pesticides from ag. runoff
- 3. Processing and converting solid waste material into new products
- 4. Broad-spectrum herbicide used to control weeds and prevent crop loss
- 5. Pollutant that enters environment form an easily identified and confined place
- 6. Specific chemicals/groups of chemicals from specific sources with specific environmental and human health effects
- 7. Bacteria via fleas on rats
- 9. Found in old paint (in homes)
- 10. Vague, nondescriptive term fr any substance that is harmful to the environment
- 11. Bacteria in water or food
- 12. Respiratory problems similar to the flu
- 16. Compounds used in plastic and cosmetic manufacturing