What You Said Was the Most Serious
Environmental Problem (Spring 2000)
Globally:
- water contamination
- water quality for fishing
- pollution
- pollution and destruction of natural resources
- dumping of hazardous wastes into oceans, lakes, etc.
- waste disposal and air pollution
- overpopulation
- air pollution – 4
- air pollution and destruction of animal habitat
- wastewater dumping into natural water sources
- ozone
- air pollution from car exhaust and manufacturing
- global warming/fossil fuels
Locally:
- fertilizer runoff
- water quality for fishing
- crows in Ames and their poop
- farm chemical and waste runoff
- smog
- waste disposal and air pollution
- groundwater contamination – 2
- water pollution – 4
- flooding
- wastewater dumping into natural water sources
- water use (subterranean)
- agricultural pollutants like herbicides and pesticides
- garbage/waste surplus – full landfills and not enough recycle
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