Acid rain in Germany



| |Acid rain in Germany |Air Pollution in the UK |Nuclear Radiation in Chernobyl |

|What is it? |Sulfur and nitrogen found in rain that | Pollution caused by sunlight acting on |Nuclear Power Station where a nuclear |

| |damages the environment |gases from cars and factories, SMOG |reactor exploded releasing tons radiation |

| | | |into the environment. |

|What are the causes | |Smoke and sulfer dioxide from burning |Reactor was faulty and being misused |

| |Smoke from factories and power plants |fossil fuels. | |

| |Burning of fossil fuels |Exhaust from cars and trucks | |

| |Exhaust from vehicles |Manufacturing | |

| | |Coal Burning | |

|Affects on the environment |Eats holes in surfaces of buildings. |Asthma and pneumonia |Poisoned air, water, trees, and land. |

| |Damages soil and trees |Smog |Cancer, mutations, death in people & |

| |Pollutes rivers (Danube) |Endangers human life |animals. |

| |Kills wildlife |Threatens wildlife |30 mile area around plant abandoned |

| | |Blackens buildings |Certain areas still unlivable today. |

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|Affects on neighbors |Air current carries the acid rain to |Causes acid rain in Germany |Radioactive material entered the air into |

| |countries that border Germany. |Air currents carry pollution to other |northern Europe and Scandinavia. |

| |Also carried down stream via the river. |countries. | |

|Solutions to the problem |Stricter emission laws. |Cleaner coal |Reactors encased in cement. |

| |Use of water power instead of coal. |Stricter government laws on emssions |Debate continues |

| |Cleaner fuels |Government checks air quality | |

| |Use new types of energy (wind and solar |Asks citizens to drive less and use | |

| |power) |cleaner energy. | |

| |Filter smoke stacks | | |

SS6G9a Environmental issues in Europe.

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