Plastic Pollution

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Across
  1. 4. A metric used in wastewater treatment to measure a type of oxygen demand.
  2. 5. Prefix meaning water.
  3. 7. The most easily recycled material. A type of metal commonly used for food packaging.
  4. 10. A harmful category of pollutants which pose serious health hazards.
  5. 11. Informally, US president responsible for our National Park system.
  6. 13. Streaming platform where you could find titles like
  7. 15. Your largest organ.
  8. 16. Insecticide that was a focus in Silent Spring.
  9. 17. carbon voyage
  10. 20. Jeans from your parents.
  11. 21. Franklin who was skilled in x-ray crystallography.
  12. 22. A collection of 20a.
  13. 23. Young environmental activist who made the
  14. 26. Earth Day's month, for short.
  15. 29. The site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
  16. 33. Name of an animal and also a chemical unit of measurement.
  17. 36. A popular sugary beverage brand that uses biodegradable plastic packaging.
  18. 37. The characteristic of a material or substance that can be broken down by natural non-chemical methods.
  19. 38. Lovingly, lead actor in the 2021 allegory for climate disaster, Don't Look Up.
  20. 39. prefix for earth
Down
  1. 1. These substances were banned by the FDA in 2016 for food contact materials.
  2. 2. what a pollutant does as it makes its way up the food chain
  3. 3. Silent spring author.
  4. 6. Air condition common in coastal cities and industrial areas.
  5. 8. US state with the worst air pollution according to the American Lung Association.
  6. 9. A type of rain which will increase in frequency as a result of climate change.
  7. 11. Least biodiverse ecosystem type.
  8. 12. US President who formed the EPA.
  9. 14. The most common form of commercial plastic.
  10. 18. The universal donor.
  11. 19. Where most recyclable materials are destined to go.
  12. 24. Government agency concerned with conservation.
  13. 25. Most dangerous type of light rays.
  14. 27. Greek letter which represents density.
  15. 28. A naturally occurring liquid high in Carbon that can be refined and used as fuel.
  16. 30. Branch of science concerning genetics, ecology, and cytology.
  17. 31. Popular 2021 documentary about pollution in the Earth's oceans.
  18. 32. Important component of the immune response; a type of white blood cell.
  19. 34. A studious suffix.
  20. 35. US president who first signed legislation regarding clean air and water.