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12 years ago
Why does chemistry play a central role in examining environmental issues? Provide an example from the text that illustrates how chemistry helps solve environmental problems. 
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Chemistry is the fine structure of matter and so is crucial to understanding how gases such as carbon dioxide and methane contribute to global climate change, how pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitric oxides cause acid rain, and how pesticides and other artificial compounds we release into the environment affect the health of wildlife and people. Chemistry is central in understanding water pollution and sewage treatment, atmospheric ozone depletion, hazardous waste and its disposal, and energy issues. An understanding of chemistry is also crucial to developing solutions to environmental problems. Bioremediation is one clear example
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