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General Electric polluted the Hudson River by dumping PCBs into the River. This is an example of point source chemical pollution. The pollution caused a range of harmful effects to wildlife and people who consumed of the fish in the river or drank the water. PCBs are thought to be responsible for neurological disorders, hormonal disruption, suppressed immune system, cancer, skin irritations, Parkinson’s disease, ADHD, heart disease, and diabetes.

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The Midwest is known for its agriculture, and with agriculture comes the use of fertilizer. A lot of fertilizer from the Midwest ends up in the Mississippi River one way or another and eventually ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. This is non point source chemical pollution. The pollution effects the Gulf of Mexico by eutrophication which is an excess of nutrients which causes excess plant growth, which, in turn, causes hypoxia, a lack of oxygen in a certain environment.

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Cryptosporidium was found in the water supply of Milwaukee. No root cause of the outbreak was ever found and therefore is no point source pollution. The pollution affected the entire city of Milwaukee’s water supply and infected a total of about 403,000 people in Milwaukee.

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7500 gallons of  crude 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol leaked from the Freedom Industries Charleston Facility through a one inch hole on the bottom of a steel holding tank, into the elk river. This is an example of point source chemical pollution. Since the spill occurred upstream from the West Virginia American Water Intake, Treatment, and Distribution Center, as many as 300,000 WV residents were without access to clean water

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In the mid 1970s many children were developing leukemia at a unusually high rate due to contaminated ground water. The cause was industrial waste dumping. This is non point source chemical pollution. This pollution caused people in the community, especially children to develop leukemia at an alarming rate.

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Floating pieces of oil slicked debris in the Cuyahoga River, in Cleveland, Ohio were ignited by sparks that had come off of a passing train.this was non point source non chemical pollution. There was an estimated total of $100,000 in damages. Congress passed the NEPA to further manage pollution situations

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Pacific Gas & Electric Chromium Contamination

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Pacific Gas & Electric Chromium Contamination

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PG&E dumped water contaminated with Chromium-6 in the Mojave desert 120 miles northeast of Los Angeles. This water dropped down into ground water. This is non point source chemical pollution. Evidence found that high doses of Chromium 6 caused cancer in humans. PG&E built a massive barrier to contain the plume of water and pumped ethanol in the ground to convert chromium-6 into chromium-3.

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This community was built on top of a chemical waste dumping site and the waste began to bubble up and show up in basements and backyards. This is point source chemical pollution. The waste contained eleven known carcinogens, which are chemicals known to cause cancer

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A team of EPA workers released toxic water into the Animas River upon opening the abandoned mine. This water was contaminated with metals such as Arsenic, beryllium, iron, zinc, copper, cadmium, and lead. This is point source pollution. The pollution spread throughout the Animas River and affected the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.

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During this contamination, military members and their families living at the base, bathed in and ingested the contaminated water supply, which had concentrations of harmful chemicals that were 240 to 3400 times the levels permitted by safety levels. This is non-point source pollution. The contaminated water supply significantly increased the risk of developing certain diseases such as lung and kidney cancer as well as ALS.

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The Exxon Valdez Oil Tanker struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound Alaska. The cause was mostly put on the captain for drinking heavily the night prior. This was point source pollution. The spill killed anywhere from 100 thousand to 250 thousand animals and put many animal species endangered. Cleanup methods included Chemical Dispersants, booms, and skimmers.

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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig blew up due to methane gas igniting in its chamber. It was oil pollution. The cause was a methane gas leak that seeped into the drilling rig, then ignited. This was point source pollution. The oil spill killed thousands of marine animals. The pollution was cleaned using dispersants and oil eating microbes