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Index 193 Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. acid rain. See chemical contamination Afghanistan, ecological footprint of, 34 Agent Orange, 100 air/air quality: asthma, incidence of, 51; car and truck air pollutants, 55–59; carrying capacity of planet, 25; Clean Air Act, 13, 15, 52, 126; Clean Air Act Amendments, 52; effects of pollution on agriculture and forest yields, 53, 79; fine particulates in, 53; nitrogen oxide (NO) emissions, 53; “Oh beautiful for polluted skies . . .”, 12; pollution as cause of extinctions, 38; in United States, 15; visibility affected by pollution, 54 Alabama, Mississippi Flyway in, 15 Alaska, Tongass National Forest, 84 Aleutian Islands, ecological collapse of, 45 American Academy of Pediatrics, 53 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 50, 76 American Coal Foundation, 122 American Council for an Energy-Efficient America, 78 American Council on Science and Health, 125 American Demographics, 114 American Federation of Labor, 8 American Fisheries Society, 39 American Forests, 79 American Heritage, 14 American Lung Association, 53 American Public Health Association, 53 amphibian populations, decreasing presence of, 16 “Amsterdam Declaration on Global Change,” 26–27 Anderson, Richard B., 75 Apopka, Lake, 95 Appalachian Trail, 83 Arctic: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), 74, 84; chemical contamination of Inuit food sources, 16, 95, 100 Arizona: Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, 84; groundwater depletion problems, 69 Arm and Hammer, 10 Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, 53 Audubon, 85 Audubon Society, 106 Australia: decreasing amphibian populations , 16; recycling policies in, 78 automobiles. See cars and trucks azinphos methyl, ban or restricted use of, 93 Babbitt, Bruce, 140 bald eagle population, 17, 89–90 Billings, Linda, 8 Billions and Billions (Sagan), 27 biodiversity losses. See extinction bioengineered crops, environmental impact of, 113–14, 154 birds: decreasing numbers of wading birds in Everglades, 40; effects of DDT, 89–90, 95; impact of climate warming, 44; outnumbered songbirds, 17 Blue Ridge Mountains, 53, 54 Bradley, Nina Leopold, 44–45 Brasch, Bob, 5 Brazil, ecological footprint of, 34 Browner, Carol, 101 “brownlash” reaction to environmentalism, 118–20 Bryce, James, 140 Burdick, Quentin, 148 Bush, George W., 118 Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, 84 California: coastal protection in, 15; “dead zone” in San Diego Bay, 63; groundwater depletion problems, 69; incidence of pesticide use, 91; old growth forests in, 16; “reuse” water systems, 72; salt contamination in water, 69; water resource of Sierra Nevada forest, 80 Campbell, Colin, 73, 75 Canada: deformed frog populations, 35; Great Lakes as freshwater sources, 71; study of freshwater species extinction, 39, 39 carbon dioxide, 41–42 cars and trucks: ban on leaded gasoline, 55; consumer choices, 58; Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, 56, 57, 59; fuel cell-powered vehicles, 76; increase in, 32–33; more vehicle travel in U.S., 56; as source of air pollutants, 55–59; sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) and light truck emissions, 57–59, 106–7, 109–10 Carson, Rachel, 88–90, 90, 95 Cascade Mountains, 55 Casper, Gary, 36, 40 cattle grazing on public lands, 141 CBS News, 110 Center for Environmental Research, 123 Central America, diminishing croplands in, 146 Central Asia, reduced freshwater supplies, 16 Chasis, Sarah, 61 chemical contamination: and acid rain problems, 94; bioaccumulation in the food chain, 97, 98, 98; effects on hormone production, 96, 97; in fish, 66, 94, 94, 95; low dose chemical effects in humans, 100; persistent organic pollutants (POPs), 101; Toxics Release Inventory from EPA, 94 Cheney, Dick, 118 Chesapeake Bay, 60 China: effects of smog, 53; groundwater depletion problems, 69; human population growth in, 29, 31, 141, 142; one child policy, 31; use of DDT, 89 Chircop, Jeanne, 121–22 Churchill, Winston, 156 Claremont Institute, 123 Clark, Joe, 4 Clean Air Act, 13, 15, 52, 126 Clean Air Act Amendments, 52 Clean Water Act, 5, 13, 15, 60, 61–62 climate/weather: global warming, 41–49; heat waves in, 46; weather patterns and global climate, 43 Clinton, Bill, 125, 127 Colborn, Theo, 97, 98, 99 Colorado, groundwater depletion problems, 69, 70 Colorado River, 69, 71 Common Cause, 9 Conservation Fund, 8 Consumers Union, 93 consumption: Americans’ attitude toward, 115; of energy and oil by the United States, 75; of natural resources worldwide, 50–51; of wood products by the United States, 81–82 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, 56, 57, 59 Costa Rica, decreasing amphibian populations in, 16 Crow, Jim, 88 cryptosporidiosis, 66 Cuyahoga River, fire on, 6, 6, 15, 60 Darling, Scott, 117 Davis, Cameron, 62 DDE (dichlorodiphenylethylene), 90, 94 DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane): ban in United States, 87–91...

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