Transportation also has a huge impact on the quality of our water. Overflow from thing like roads, bridges, parking lots and other watertight surfaces can ruin drinking water and worsen the habitat quality. This secondary source of pollution deposits road salt, dirt, fertilizers, pesticides, antifreeze, oil, rubber, metals, litter and other stuff into all different types of water ways. The contamination of our groundwater is also caused by huge underground gas tanks that leak. The worst is the gasoline additive MTBE which has been linked to convulsions, kidney damage, and could cause cancer. Also the need to bring millions of gallons of oil to fuel cars and other vehicles has many effects on our water. Ocean oil spills. Of course the huge example of this that happened just last year is the BP oil spill in The Gulf of Mexico.US Environmental Protection AgencyWednesday, February 9, 2011
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Transportation also has a huge impact on the quality of our water. Overflow from thing like roads, bridges, parking lots and other watertight surfaces can ruin drinking water and worsen the habitat quality. This secondary source of pollution deposits road salt, dirt, fertilizers, pesticides, antifreeze, oil, rubber, metals, litter and other stuff into all different types of water ways. The contamination of our groundwater is also caused by huge underground gas tanks that leak. The worst is the gasoline additive MTBE which has been linked to convulsions, kidney damage, and could cause cancer. Also the need to bring millions of gallons of oil to fuel cars and other vehicles has many effects on our water. Ocean oil spills. Of course the huge example of this that happened just last year is the BP oil spill in The Gulf of Mexico.US Environmental Protection Agency
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Isn't there laws stating that they must protect and clean up road so run off does not contaminate the water that we drink?
ReplyDeleteIs there any way people could lower their impact?
ReplyDeleteWhat can we do to keep the water from being conaminated?
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