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When was DDT used the most?
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the US military had rushed DDT to the battle zones in an effort to protect american troops from insect-born diseases such as Typhus; which was spread by lice and left untreated, could kill. -
Great London Smog
"The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air-pollution event that affected the British capital of London in early December 1952" -
When did Rachel Carson warn The US about DDT's bioaccumulation and biomagnification effects?
Silent Spring is an environmental science book written by Rachel Carson. The book was published on September 27,1962. The book documented the adverse effects on the environment of the indiscriminate use of pesticides such as DDT. -
Where did EIAs originate from?
During the year of 1969, the US government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which considered that EIAs were a mandatory regulatory procedure. -
When did the US ban DDT?
Considered as one of the great science discoveries of World War II, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned DDT in 1972 due to its dangers to humans and insects. -
Gothenburg Protocol
"The 1999 Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone (known as the Multi-effect Protocol or the Gothenburg Protocol) is a multi-pollutant protocol designed to reduce acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone by setting emissions ceilings for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and ammonia to be met by 2010." -
Millennium Development Goals
"The MDGs were developed out of several commitments set forth in the Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000. There are eight goals with 21 targets, and a series of measurable health indicators and economic indicators for each target." -
Environmental Impact Assessment
An EIA looks at how the environment is like now and predicts what may happen in the future both negatively and positively if development occurs.
