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In addition to those suggested on article talk page, Pollution article changes needed:
- 1. Major Revisions:
- +"Ambiguity" section to "Controversy"
- ~Controversy: market based system, burden of proof, precautionary principle, liability, economic interests, ...:
- +Reorder from ...
- 0 Intro
- 1 History
- 2 Ambiguity
- 3 Sources and causes
- 4 Effects on human health
- 5 Regulation and monitoring
- 5.1 Europe
- 5.2 International
- 5.3 United States
- 6 See also
- 7 External links
- to ...
- 0 Intro
- 1 Classifications (new}
- 2 Sources and causes
- 3 Effects on human health
- 4 Effects on biology
- 5 History
- 6 Controversy (formerly "Ambiguity")
- 7 Regulation and monitoring
- 7.1 Europe
- 7.2 International
- 7.3 United States
- 8 See also
- 9 External links
- 2. Fill out regulation section with intro. and more information about specific countries. Mention the dependence of regulation on functioning regional governments, state of peace, political stability.
- Clean Air Act gives good background of series of US federal air pollution regulations.
- 1956 UK air pollution act after 1952 smog is linked to from Clean Air Act
- After UK air act in 1956, Ca air act of 1959 preceded the federal act of the next decade. (per )
- Best historical summary I've seen about regulation is at: .
- California Air Resources Board
- Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act of California
- 3. Thorough accounting of different kinds of pollution with links to appropriate articles.
- 4. More human health effects with links:
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- 5. Garbage deserves its own section practically
- 6. Some mention, for distinction from:
- land use/irrigation (eg Everglades, New Orleans delta)
- land use/agriculture (eg Greece and olives)
- topic of human health whether or not environmental pollution is implicated (eg toxicity, consumer protection, pesticide use in agriculture; many of these have an effect on the consumer as well as the labor involved in a commodity extraction(mining) or cultivation(agriculture) or product fabrication
- 7. Mention as complementary topics:
- recycling
- 8. Other history:
- Iraq oil wells (relates to #2 above)
- Pollution in England during industrial revolution; the turning point of the "great stink" on the river Thames
- 9. General mention:
- Persistent organic pollutant
- Mention Outgassing and add or point this out on Air Pollution talk page.
- Brake lining asbestos dust
- Marine pollution article references/highlights
- Water pollution article references/highlights
- 10. Draft of revised Histiry section: