Pollution: Crash Course Ecology #11

Hank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment in this penultimate episode of Crash Course Ecology. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine disruptors - and ultimately, humans are responsible for it all. Table of Contents 1) Natural Compounds 01:12:1 a) Carbon 01:35 b) Nitrogen and Phosphorous 02:11:2 c) Cyanide 04:05 d) Mercury 05:15 e) Sulfur & Nitrogen Dioxide 05:58 2) Synthetic Compounds 06:51 a) Endocrine Disruptors 07:09 References: http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/deadzone/index.html http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/pollution-affect-living-things-including-humans-2193.html http://news.wustl.edu/news/pages/20916.aspx http://www.epa.gov/mercury/about.htm http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/index.html http://www.ngo.grida.no/wwfneap/Publication/briefings/Fish.pdf http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/index.cfm Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices