Pollution: Crash Course Ecology #11

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:
serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/deadzone/inde…
greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/pollution-affec…
news.wustl.edu/news/pages/20916.aspx
www.epa.gov/mercury/about.htm
www.epa.gov/acidrain/index.html
www.ngo.grida.no/wwfneap/Publication/briefings/Fis…
www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/i…

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