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Roman Era 500 BC
500 BC - AD - Romans used water to clean streets... one of the first forms of public health concerns. When the empire fell... public health issues like this were not seen again until the 1800’s -
May 3, 1150
Middle Ages King Sir Lankan
1150- King Sir Lankan ordered that no animals within 7 gau of the city shall not be killed because of sanitation, public health, and did not want this exposed to children. -
May 3, 1275
Middle Ages Coal
1275- Marco Polo noticed rocks that burn(coal) while passing through china -
Enlightment Era Ben Franklin
1706 - Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, Boston Mass. Franklins concerns for pure drinking water had been a long part of his life for life long concerns for the improvement of Philadelphia in some “smaller matters.” -
Enlightment Era Factory Comissions
1831- house of commons factory commission- a mill owner, began investigating conditions of workers in the textile mills. Men and women girls and boys. Stunted, diseased, deformed degraded, they pass across the stage, each with the tale of his wrong life. This is important because it affected the health of those who worked in the mills. -
Progressive Era Solar Motor
1892- Inventor Aubrey Eneas founds Solar Motor Company of Boston to build solar-powered motors to replace steam engines powered by coal or wood (Butt and Perlin) -
Progressive Era Water Pollution Lawsuit
1900- Water pollution lawsuit begins in Supreme Court.The state of Missouri sues the state of Illinois and the cities of Chicago’s Sewer system for polluting the Mississippi. Eventually the US Supreme Court, allows Chicago city sewer department to maintain a canal draining city sewage into the Des Plaines River, and eventually, the Mississippi River.- The term progressive means to have improved or attempted to improve. The progressive movement was created in the 1920’s, which stated that America -
Progressive Era
1900- Water pollution lawsuit begins in Supreme Court.The state of Missouri sues the state of Illinois and the cities of Chicago’s Sewer system for polluting the Mississippi. Eventually the US Supreme Court, allows Chicago city sewer department to maintain a canal draining city sewage into the Des Plaines River, and eventually, the Mississippi River.- The term progressive means to have improved or attempted to improve. The progressive movement was created in the 1920’s, which stated that America -
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Roaring Twenties Supreme Court
1921-US supreme court allows New Jersey to dump raw sewage into the New York Harbor. -
Roaring Twenties National anti-Pollution
1922-National anti-pollution league formed by state and municipal officials at Atlantic City, New Jersey to stop oil dumping. -
Roaring Twenties Oil Pollution
1924- Oil pollution act finally passed in a weakened form, prohibiting any vessel within a three-mile radius, except by accident. A stronger one will later be passed by Hoover. -
WWII Aqueducts
- 1941- Aqueducts being diverting from water streams feeding Mono Lake into the Los Angeles water supply.
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70's Enviromental Protection
1970- Environmental Protection Agency or (EPA) for short, this EPA brings 15 key federal programs that also include Health Education, Welfare National Air Pollution Control Administration or (NAPCA) for short, and also the Department of Interiors Water Quality Administration or (FWQA) for short. -
70's Water Quality standards
- Water Quality Standards- in 1972 act, authorized had continued the use of water quality - based approach, but only in the coordination with the technology based standards, the application of technology based standards to a permit, and this shows that if the water quality is still impaired for the water body then the permit agency may add water quality based limitations to that permit.
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80's Gasoline
- Leaded gasoline was considered the greatest source of atmospheric pollution.
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80's Charter of Nature
- UN Charter of Nature was formed. Stating that nature shall be respected in general ways such as not polluting/littering.
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90's EPA air pollution
- EPA air pollution report says sulfur dioxide emissions declined by 40% between 1970 and 90, the report also claims smog, carbon monoxide and ozone levels are down since passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970.
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90's Enviromentalism
- 1995 - Environmentalism is one of the most successful contemporary movements in the Us and Western Europe according to the International Journal of Public Opinion Research.
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Ancient Civilization Disease
100 AD - Occupational Disease is very common in Rome. Workers in mercury mines and smelters are known to suffer from the metals and then had decided to put the slaves to work in the mercury mines and only the criminals instead.
