Sean Lynch

Global environmental issues

11/3/14
Water sheds of Zip code 08691
Human health impacts
& environmental
impacts
Developmental defects,
carcinogenic, and skin
lesion if exposed for
long periods of time
E.coli

Pollutant

Sources

Arsenic

Metals

Fecal Coliform
Phosphorus

Pathogens, animal
waste
fertilizers

Dissolved oxygen

Eutrophication

Kills marine organisms

Mercury in fish tissue

Mercury
Sourced from Air
deposition and coal
factories

Harms the fish and the

predators that consume
the fish

Leads to eutrophication

Mitigation

Well water testing

Waste water
treatment
Judicious use of
fertilizers
Judicious use of
fertilizers
Selective catalytic
reduction