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Ancient Civs to 570AD
2500 BC - Mohenjo Darro discovered that the Indust River had achieved a high level of public health and citywide sanitation. -
May 3, 1366
Middle Ages
1366 - Paris forces butchers to dispose animal wastes outside of the city. -
May 3, 1388
Middle Ages
1388 - Parliament passes the act overthrowing filth and garbage into ditches, rivers, and waters. City of Cambridge also passes the first urban sanitary laws in England. -
Enlightment Era
In 1706 Benjamin Franklin was concerned about the sanitation of the drinking water during the “small matters”. -
Enlightment Era
1739 - Benjamin Franklin and the neighbors petition wanted to stop waste dumping and remove tanneries from Philadelphia's commercial district. The foul smell, lowered the property values, diseases, and interference with fire fighting were all cited in this city. Franklin had argued for the “public rights”. The dumping still went on anyways. -
Progressive Era
1892 - 1,000 people in London died from a smog incident. This is because the incident showed an exclusive measurement of smoke, sulphur dioxide, and pollution that filled the air that’s very deadly to people. -
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Air & Water Timeline
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Progressive Era
1914 - Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Mines, and the Public Health Service had begun to pollute surveys of streams and harbors. Reports showed of heavy damage for oil dumping, mine runoff, untreated sewage and industrial waste. This is because individuals had polluted the groundwater sites, once they were polluted the groundwater would remain in a very unstable/ hazardous condition for many years and centuries. -
Depression
1928 - PHS begins checking air pollutants in eastern US cities, reporting sunlight cut by 20 - 50 % of New York. -
Depression
1928 - PHS begins checking air pollutants in eastern US cities, reporting sunlight cut by 20 - 50 % of New York. -
WWII
1956 - smog kills again in London; 1,000 people died -
WWII
1959 - in July, an accident happened that involved sodium nuclear tests reactor in Simi Valley, CA. -
70's
1970 - the National Environmental Policy Act was signed to give the president advice on the environmental issues and impacts. -
70's
1972 - the first recycling bill was passed in Oregon -
80's
1980 - the National Academy of Sciences says leaded gasoline is the greatest source of atmospheric lead pollution. -
Ancient Civilization Era 80 A.D.
80 A.D. - The Roman Senate passed a law on protecting the water storage during the dry periods so that it could be released for sewer/street cleaning. -
80's
1988 - International treaty bans all ocean dumping of waste. -
90's
1990 - Clean Air Act amendments had started to progress rules on SOx and NOx emissions to electric power plants to help reduce acid rain. -
90's
1996 - EPA’s air pollution reports that sulfer dioxide had decreased to 40% between 1970-1990. Smog, carbon monoxide, and even the ozone levels had went down since the Clean Water Act of 1970. -
21st century
2001 - the National Science Foundation report on Global warming supports previous warnings by scientists. -
21st
2009 - Eight nations agree to reduce greenhouse emissions by 80% by the year of 2050 -
The Future
stop polluting the air
mycelium (i think that’s how you spell it) absorbs oil
mycelium forms mushrooms that attracts bugs that lay eggs and birds to eat
mushrooms are highly active against flu virus
8)he got rid of spores of fungi and it attracted ants and termites but killed them so he was able to kill bugs without chemicals
