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10 Most Insidious and Destructive Pollutants
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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/">this can lead to such a horrid reduction in a water body’s oxygen that it can no longer sustain life!</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><H4>Groundwater contamination</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/">Since roughly 6% of the earth’s water is drinkable (and most of that consists of groundwater), it’s no wonder groundwater contamination is such a hot button environmental issue!</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><H4>Indoor air pollution</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/C7D9BEFD-95EF-4CC6-8FB0-9FA5FE9B5967" alt="indoorairpollution-468-x-326" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/">Arizona is one of the riskiest states in the country for toxic mold (even though mold comes from water) and that common household chemicals have been linked to cancer.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><H4>Metal plants</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; 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margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/">airborne pollutants they spew out, which all too often contaminate growing crops and find their way into waterways.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><H4>Urban air pollution</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/8ADF6CC7-00AF-4C5A-A1DB-26954BBA7788" alt="urbanair1-468-x-315" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/279CE75E-737A-4D7A-A670-127EB389106C" alt="lasmog-468-x-262" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/">creating air that is <A target="_blank" href="http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-97409-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html" linkindex="26">difficult to breathe and extremely unpleasant</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"> coal mining and increased risk of lung and cardiovascular disease in Virginia, which is becoming more and more common in mining areas.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><H4>Lead/acid battery pollution</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/A14CFE75-1448-4B58-86B3-F57E422FFEBB" alt="battery1-468-x-468" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/36EFD9CE-76B4-4E0F-85AB-E94FB27BE749" alt="battery2-468-x-3921" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"> <A target="_blank" href="http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=9271949D-E7F2-99DF-3824C5A7CEB7F2EE" linkindex="31">4-7 point drop in intelligence</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/238472C4-B0A9-4BAE-BEEB-DC487A399516" alt="goldmining2-468-x-651" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><H4>Radioactive waste</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/03/27/the-10-most-insidious-destructive-pollutants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/EFA7391A-3A2D-42E6-8BF5-46CF3F7B563D" alt="radioactive1-468-x-328" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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