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=**__ Environmental issues and pollution __**= Helpful websites Rome and citations~ Helpful websites US and citations~
 * "H2g2 - The Role of Deforestation in the Fall of Rome." //H2g2 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy //. Web. 07 Feb. 2012. 
 * "History - Water, Effects, Environmental, Disasters, Pollutants, United States, Chemicals, Industrial, Wells, Toxic, World, Human, Power, Sources, Disposal, Use, Life, Health." //Pollution Issues //. Web. 07 Feb. 2012. .
 * "Economic Deterioration of Rome in the Third Century AD." //The Roman Empire //. Web. 07 Feb. 2012. .
 * "Questions and Answers." Message from Regan Murray. 10 Feb. 2012. E-mail.
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 * Whyte, Talia. "Top 10 Environmental Issues Affecting Urban America." //TheGrio | African American Breaking News and Opinion //. Web. 07 Feb. 2012. <http://www.thegrio.com/news/the-top-ten-environmental-issues-affecting-america.php>
 * //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Global Issues : Social, Political, Economic and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All — Global Issues //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Web. 07 Feb. 2012. <http://www.globalissues.org/>.
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AFFORDABILITY LAW: [] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Questions- What are ways to stop waste from becoming a problem? Waste-human waste and toxic chemicals One way to prevent environmental issues is to reduce, reuse, and recycle? How is your company trying to stop pollution and environmental issues? How many people get fined for littering in a year?
 * Facts~**
 * Roman environmental issues and pollution **
 * Some pollution was caused because of metal production(lead)
 * indoor pollution produced chronic reduction of the function of the ciliated respiratory epithelium with an increase in the incidence of inflammatory disease of the pulmonary tree
 * The idea that air pollution and its effects is an exclusively modern phenomenon is incorrect
 * Air pollution problems of ancient times are mentioned even in poems of classical poets.
 * Horatius wrote that Roman buildings became more and more dark from smoke and this phenomenon might have been observed in many ancient cities, as well.
 * Seneca, teacher of Emperor Nero , was in poor health all in his life and his physician frequently advised him to live Rome, because of the pollution
 * In one of his letters, in 61 A.D, he wrote to Lucilius that he needed to live gloomy smoke and kitchen smells of Rome in order to feel himself better
 * Roman law states that cheese making manufactures should be settled so that their smoke not to pollute other houses
 * The Roman Senate introduced a law about 2,000 years ago, according to which: Polluting air is not allowed
 * Lead pollution from Roman smelters can be traced all across Europe, this caused air pollution
 * People often got sick or died from drinking water that had been contaminated with sewage. Sewage is human waste. When people drink water with waste, they can get other people's germs and get sick with dysentery or die.
 * To fix this problem, many Roman towns built aqueducts to bring in fresh water from the hills outside of the towns.
 * They also built public latrines and systems of sewage pipes to carry sewage out of the streets and dump it into the river.
 * This was a big improvement on Greek sewage arrangements, where people just poured their waste into the street however they wanted.
 * Today’s environmental issues and pollution **
 * Pollution in Rome is nothing close to the pollution in this day and age. Today we have all kinds of pollution that Rome has never heard of. Air, water, land, noise, radioactive, thermal pollution.
 * Rainwaters wash waste and fertilizers from agricultural land into tributaries
 * Earth is warming up because of all the pollution in the air that goes in the atmosphere
 * The most polluted city in the world is Linfen, China
 * Some of the current causes of pollution are, coal burning, fuel burning, sewer dumping in water, and gasses/exhaust from factories and cars.
 * To prevent environmental issues you can reduce, reuse, and recycle to prevent waste
 * A microwave peptide synthesizer prevents pollution in this Brookhaven lab, this saves the lab a lot of money every year.
 * Causes of pollution and environmental issues- Industrial Sites and Illegal Waste Dumping, Mercury Exposure, Climate Change and Basic Living
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> In a city in Australia they are worried that the toxic and hazardous waste will, over time, contaminate a large area beyond the vicinity of the plant. And that hurts the wild life that live their
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> In Washington in 2008 3,916 people were fined for littering

Helpful contacts~
 * Department of Climatology and Landscape Ecology, University of Szeged, P.O.Box 653, 6701 Szeged, Hungary Email<borsosemoke@kolozsvar.ro>;
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dr. Thomas M Dydek Location: Austin, TX, Dydek Toxicology Consulting, Address:6013 Cervinus Run Austin, TX 78735, Office:512 280-5477, Fax:512 280-8900, Alternate:512 663-7836, dydek@tox-expert.com
 * Stephen Depoe U.C Professor-<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif; font-size: 10pt;">stephen.depoe@uc.edu
 * David Lentz-<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif; font-size: 10pt;">david.lentz@uc.edu
 * **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Environmental Enterprises Incorporated- customerservice@eeienv.com **

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Dear David Lentz, <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Hello, I'm Olivia Schwamberger a 7th grader at Nagel middle school in Cincinnati, OH. This year we are doing a Roman time machine project where we fix ancient Rome's problems using current day solutions. My topic was environmental issues and pollution. I was on the University of Cincinnati website trying to find a professor that study in the environment, then I found you. I was wondering if you could answer a few of my questions about the environment and pollution. Here are my questions- <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1. What actions are people today taking to protect the environment in terms of poor waste management specially trash removal, are they working? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">2. How big of a problem is waste management in the U.S today? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">3. In your opinion, what is the most eco-friendly way to get rid of waste after it is dumped somewhere? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">4.<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">. How would you design a law that protects areas of water from becoming polluted? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">You can get back to me at my email- oliviaschwamberger@student.foresthills.edu, or call (Miss. Place's 937-409-0372 ). Thank you for your time. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From, Olivia Schwamberger <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**His response back-** <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dear Olivia… Good to hear from you. I have a daughter in 7th grade and I am going to tell you what I tell her. I am glad to help you but first you should find the answers to these questions yourself in your library at school or at the local branch of the Hamilton County library system. After you have done the research and filled in the answers, please send the text back to me and I will check your results. You will learn much more this way.
 * Email to David Lentz-**

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">With best wishes,

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">David <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Another email-** <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); display: block; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Dr. Murray,

Hi, our names are Lisa Poffenberger, Spencer Scott, Nina Fatuzzo, and Olivia Schwamberger and we are 7th grade students at Nagel Middle School, in Cincinnati, OH. In our Social Studies class, we are learning about Ancient Rome, and are required to complete a project about Ancient Roman issues and how we could solve them today. Our topic is Environmental Issues and pollution.We have a couple of questions for you.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> 1. How could we remove raw sewage and pollution from an already <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> polluted river? Is it possible? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> 2. We know that there must be a water pollution problem today in the <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> U.S. How is the U.S. handling this problem (solutions)? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> 3. We are confused about how water filters work. How does the U.S. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> clean water for drinking water, toilet water, bath water, sink water, etc.? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> 4. When we flush the toilet, where does that water go, and what do we <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> do to clean it?

Thank you for your time, and please get back to us at your greatest convenience Lisa Poffenberger, Olivia Schwamberger, Nina Fatuzzo, and Spencer Scott <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Her response back**- <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Dear Lisa, Spencer, Nina, and Olivia,

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I am happy to help answer your questions. Please see the attached Word document with my answers, and feel free to write back or to call me if you have follow up questions. My office number is below.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Good luck with your project!

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Sincerely, Regan

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">(See attached file: Questions_Answers.docx)


 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Regan Murray, PhD **
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Acting Science Associate **
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">National Homeland Security Research Center **
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">U. S. Environmental Protection Agency **
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">(513) 569-7031 **
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Murray.Regan@epa.gov **

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Final Project~ **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Voice thread link- http://nms.ed.voicethread.com/share/2707923/ **