The Industrial Revolution v s Pollution PreIndustrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution v. s. Pollution

Pre-Industrial Revolution Lifestyles

Pre-industrial Society • Pre-industrial lifestyles worked with the resources of the Earth and within the bounds of natural ecosystems. • No desire to over-use Earth’s resources and nature could recover from the environmental impact of mankind’s economic activities unaided.

Pre-industrial Societies • Small-scale production (i. e. artisanship rather than mass production) • Primarily agricultural economy geared toward self-sufficiency, not market exchange, little surplus • Little division of labor • Limited variation in social classes • Parochialism: undeveloped transportation limited contact with outside world

Resources • http: //www. ricoh. com/environment/mana gement/earth. html • http: //viswiki. com/en/Preindustrial_society

The instruments that caused pollution during the Industrial Revolution "The Silent Highwayman" Cartoon commenting on polluted condition of the Thames 1858

Industry replaced Human Labor The mechanization of the textile industry The refinement of making cast iron The development of coal smelting

Source of Power Steam Power: burning of coal Machinery Power Internal combustion engine

Resources http: //qkzz. net/article/693 e 12 fb-f 80 f-4115 -84 a 7 ced 0 d 9 e 836 ad. htm http: //dictionary. editme. com/ZCity 2 http: //www. ehresources. org/timeline_industrial. html http: //library. thinkquest. org/26026/History/results_of_the_i ndustrial_revo. html http: //www. pollutionissues. com/Ho-Li/Industry. html

What instruments caused pollution?

Air Pollution Burning fossil fuels emits CO 2 • Transportation • Smoke • Mist: London’s humidity mixed in with dust • Acid Rain

Water Pollution—Usage • Domestic: increase in population creates more waste water • Industry: industrial waste • Agriculture: left-over from overproduction Soil Contamination • Agriculture: fertilizer and pesticides seeping into the ground

What are the impacts on humans?

Impacts Human Population: survival rate of children improved, crowdedness, contagious disease Human Body: 70 to 90% of the urban populations of Europe and North America were infected with TB, and about 40% of workingclass deaths in cities were from TB

Causes for Tuberculosis • Construction work increased because of population increase: paint, concrete and Portland cement; also in soil, mortar, plaster, and shingles. • Low body weight is associated with risk of tuberculosis as well. • Diet may also modulate risk. • Along with overcrowding, poor nutrition may contribute to the strong link observed between tuberculosis and poverty.

Other Pollution • • • Air pollution Water pollution Soil contamination Littering Radioactive contamination • • Noise pollution Light pollution Visual pollution Thermal pollution

Resources • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Pollution • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Tuberculosis

Were there any laws to prevent pollution?

Water Pollution---Polluted Rivers • Piped municipal sewage. • Fought hundreds of court cases. NO USE. Chemical Pollution---Acid Rain • Required firms to install absorbing towers to control the acid emissions. • Established a new bureaucracy to enforce the Act.

Resources • http: //environment. probeinternational. org/news/propertyrights/river-pollution-lawsuit-runs-through-it • http: //www. libraryindex. com/pages/3208/Chemical. Industry. html • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Sewage_collection_and_disp osal