Pollution: Crash Course Ecology #11

2013-01-14

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Hank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment in this penultimate episode of Crash Course Ecology. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine disruptors - and ultimately, humans are responsible for it all.

Table of Contents

1) Natural Compounds 01:12:1

a) Carbon 01:35

b) Nitrogen and Phosphorous 02:11:2

c) Cyanide 04:05

d) Mercury 05:15

e) Sulfur & Nitrogen Dioxide 05:58

2) Synthetic Compounds 06:51

a) Endocrine Disruptors 07:09

References:

http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/deadzone/index.html

http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/pollution-affect-living-things-including-humans-2193.html

http://news.wustl.edu/news/pages/20916.aspx

http://www.epa.gov/mercury/about.htm

http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/index.html

http://www.ngo.grida.no/wwfneap/Publication/briefings/Fish.pdf

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/index.cfm

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