SOCI 3820 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Persistent Organic Pollutant, Petrochemical Industry, Ozone Depletion
25 Nov 2013
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The petrochemical industry manufactures products largely using raw materials, such as crude oil (petroleum) and gas. Rachel carson argued that carcinogens are produced from these industries in such great amounts that their effects are health throughout our environment. The industry"s effect on the air we breathe. The source of smog is from ground level ozone, which is formed through a chemical reaction of pollutants from industrial plants and vehicle emissions combined with sunlight and stagnant air. There are four known health effects from smog: respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, allergies and neurological effects. In the late 1970s, the depletion of the earth"s ozone layer was linked to a chemical called chlorofluorocarbon (cfc) The production and use of cfcs has recently increased; 3) there is a decreasing sense of urgency to this problem as there is a popular misperception that ozone depletion has resolved itself. The industry"s effect on the land that feeds us.
