Contents Chapter 1 MANUFACTURING POLLUTION page 4 Chapter 2 AIR POLLUTION page 9 Chapter 3 WATER POLLUTION page 17 Chapter 4 SOIL POLLUTION page 25 Chapter 5 WHAT CAN YOU DO page 32 Learn More about Manufacturing Pollution 39 Glossary 38 Index 40
Chapter 1 MANUFACTURING POLLUTION Factories manufacture or make many of the important products we use every day But these products come with side effects Manufacturing pollution is all the harmful waste that factories produce while making things Some factories manufacture clothing What is manufacturing pollution 4 44
Most manufacturing pollution happens when factories make products out of raw materials Raw materials are basic things such as coal logs and oil This manufacturing process sometimes uses chemicals Some of those chemicals are left over after a product is made Every year factories release millions of tons of these chemicals into the environment Also manufacturing itself can create by-products These are extra materials that are produced when something is made Some by-products are toxic or poisonous A truck carries away pieces of a large tree trunk Logs are an important raw material 5
