Chemical Awareness June 2014 | Page 2

Table of Contents

Mercury Poisoning

Emily Sturm

Modern Gold Rush

Theo Yang

The Great Pacific Garbage

Judy Kim

The Fritz Haber Process

Cameron Eyring

Ocean Acidification

Kathryn Samuel

The Nurdle Hurdle

Lauren Harris

Internal Combustion

David Ceasar

The Effects of Ocean Acidification

Haley Greenspan

Smog

Nader Hoseini

The Death of a Town

Vanessa Wrobeh

Be Careful, Don't Spill

Leah Jordan

Dispersants

Tomi Okiji

Acid Rain

Jana Hiji

What's in Your Water?

Daniela Perez-Roldan

CFC's and Ozone Depletion

Danny Chin

Disaster at Fukushima

Saloni Shah

All That Glitters

Muhammed Ali

Sources

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8-9

10-11

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The culmination of this research project is a memorandum of the unique qualities of our class: a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and most importantly, a sense of unity and responsibility in striving to benefit the Long Reach and World community. Our purpose in this project was to bring a myriad of environmental issues to the fore, with topics spanning from smog to ocean acidification. On behalf of our entire class, I would like to express humble thanks to several individuals; Ms. Jill Stone, for her splendid guidance in the revision process of each individual paper, Leah Jordan, for her amazing work in editing and compiling all of our articles, and Ms. Radebe, our infallible teacher who gave us initiative and poise not only for this project but also throughout the entire year of AP Chemistry. We would alo like to thank the Science National Honor Society Members who helped us with peer editing. We extend these thanks to our readers, and ask of them to learn, advocate, join the fight against the environmental problems that are crucial to the future of our modern society.