https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2 en-us 2018-02-27 05:12:16 UTC 2026-03-17 03:08:48 UTC hello@padlet.com sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235732867 occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. An oil drilling rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The kind of pollution that contaminated was oil pollution. BP Exploration and Production caused the explosion. It was a point source spill. 11 were killed, 17 were injured, environmental damage also occurred. 


]]> 2018-02-27 05:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235732867 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235733355 The 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil spill released millions of gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound Alaska.   It was the worst environmental disaster in Alaska history, and occured in a very sensitive coastal ecosystem, magnifying damage.  The spill immediately resulted in the death of oiled wildlife and significant reductions in tourism, recreational fishing and commercial fishing. Some of the marine life has still not recovered from the spill. It was a point source spill. ]]> 2018-02-27 05:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235733355 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235733738 In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE). The cause was a dry cleaner that was not disposing of chemicals correctly and thus contaminated the groundwater with PCE. It was a point source contamination. The bad toxins in the water were cancer causing. ]]> 2018-02-27 05:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235733738 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235734124 In August of 2015, The EPA was excavating the loose material that had collapsed into the cave. During the excavation, the loose material gave way, opened the mine tunnel, and spilled the water that had been behind the collapsed material. 3 million gallons of acidic, metal-rich wastewater from the mine spilled into cement creek. ]]> 2018-02-27 05:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235734124 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235734584 From 1942 to 1953 a landfill in the Niagara Falls area known was the love canal, was contaminated by Hooker Chemical and then sold to the city after being covered up by layers of dirt. The city then allowed homes and schools to be built over the landfill and people started to feel the effects of the hazardous waste. The people living on top of the landfill were displaced. Point source contamination. Long terms effects were health and damage to the people overall. ]]> 2018-02-27 05:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235734584 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235735013 The Pacific Gas and Electric Company dumped 370 million gallons of chromium-tainted wastewater into wastewater spreading ponds around the city of Hinckley, California. The residents continue to experience issue with their water because there is still chromium in it in their well water and it is cancer-causing. ]]> 2018-02-27 05:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235735013 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235735721 It was the disaster that ignited an environmental revolution. On this day, June 22, in 1969, the Cuyahoga River burst into flames in Cleveland when sparks from a passing train set fire to oil-soaked debris floating on the water’s surface.Flare ups were common in this river so the fire was extinguished in about half an hour and did little damage. The cause was that ICE and PCE contamination from 2 different companies were improperly disposed. Caused some kids to get cancer. Point source. ]]> 2018-02-27 05:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235735721 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235735979 Woburn was the scene of a high-profile water contamination crisis. During the mid to late 1970s, the local community became concerned over the high incidence of childhood leukemia and other illnesses, particularly in the Pine Street area of east Woburn. After high levels of chemical contamination were found in City of Woburn’s Wells G and H in 1979, some members of the community suspected that the unusually high incidence of leukemia, cancer, and a wide variety of other health problems were linked to the possible exposure to volatile organic chemicals in the groundwater pumped from wells G and H.]]> 2018-02-27 05:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235735979 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235736253 Officials said that up to 5,000 gallons of an industrial chemical used in coal processing seeped from a ruptured storage tank into the Elk River, just upstream of the intake pipes for the regional water company. This chemical was used to wash coal. The long term effects were that 360,000 residents were left without potable water. They have been like this since. ]]> 2018-02-27 05:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235736253 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235737028 The 1993 Milwaukee Cryptosporidiosis outbreak was a significant distribution of the Cryptosporidium protozoan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the largest waterborne disease outbreak in documented United States history. The Howard Avenue Water Purification Plant was contaminated, and treated water showed turbidity levels well above normal. It was one of two water treatment plants for Milwaukee. The root cause of epidemic was never officially identified. 403,000 residents were contaminated by the outbreak and it resulted in 104 deaths ]]> 2018-02-27 05:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235737028 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235737447 This occurred in North Carolina in 2015. When coal is burnt, it creates coal ash, and this contains dangerous levels of heavy metals. Duke Energy stores its coal ash in pits near plants where it still burns coal and those where it formerly burned it. At many Duke Energy sites, including Allen, the coal ash is mixed with water and stored in unlined pits—essentially ponds—where, environmentalists say, the mixture seeps into the groundwater. This cancer causing water has been making people sick for two years and nothing has been done about it. ]]> 2018-02-27 05:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235737447 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235737802 Low oxygen in the gulf resulting from nitrogen and phosphorus. The dead zone is caused by nutrient enrichment from the Mississippi River, particularly nitrogen and phosphorous. Watersheds within the Mississippi River Basin drain much of the United States, from Montana to Pennsylvania and extending southward along the Mississippi River. Because of this, there is low animal life and more regulations regarding the water. ]]> 2018-02-27 06:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235737802 sjimenez5707 https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235737975 Between 1947 and 1977, General Electric polluted the Hudson River by dispensing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), causing a range of harmful effects to wildlife and people who eat fish from the river or drink the water. There is also reduced waterwater regulations. It is a point source contamination. ]]> 2018-02-27 06:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sjimenez5707/p3n9u6rybkw2/wish/235737975