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Pollution
Air pollution
Dewey, Scott H. Don't Breate the Air: Air Pollution and U.S. Environmental Politics, 1945-1970. Texas A&M University Press , 2000. Historical treatment of the emergence of air pollution as an environmental issue.
Kidd, J. S., and Renee A. Kidd. Into Thin Air: The Problem of Air Pollution. Facts on File, 1998. Suitable for young adult readers; examines the causes and types of air pollution and explains how air pollution affects our health and economic prosperity.
Liu, David H. F., and Bela G. Liptak, eds. Air Pollutions. Lewis Publishers, 2000. Information on where air pollution comes from and how its sources are managed.
Miller, Christina G., and Louise A. Berry. Air Alert: Rescuing the Earth's Atmosphere. Atheneum, 1996. Suitable for younger readers; discusses such atmospheric problems as smog and acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and the depletion of the ozone layer.
Miller, E. Willard, and Ruby M. Miller. Indoor Pollution: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO, 1998. A good first reference source for the what, where, why, and how of indoor air quality.
Somerville, Richard C. J. The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change. University of California Press, 1996. Written for non-scientists; describes how environmental and human forces affect the atmosphere and includes the history of scientific discoveries that pioneered current environmental concerns.
Wark, Kenneth, Cecil F. Warner, and Wayne T. Davis. Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control. Addison-Wesley, 1997. Well-regarded text.
For younger readers
Chandler, Gary, and Kevin Graham. Protecting Our Air, Land, and Water. Twenty-First Century, 1996. For readers in grades 4 to 7.
Hoff, Mary, and Mary M. Rodgers. Our Endangered Planet: Groundwater. Lerner, 1991. For readers in grades 4 to 7.
Lucas, Eileen. Acid Rain. Children's Press, 1991. For middle school readers.
Pringle, Laurence. Oil Spills: Damage, Recovery, and Prevention. Morrow, 1993. For readers in grades 4 to 7.
Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Acid Rain. Bancroft-Sage, 1991. For readers in grades 4 to 7.
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Water pollution
Barss, Karen J. Clean Water. Chelsea House, 1992. Discusses the importance of maintaining a clean water supply and relates this issue to pollution; for younger readers.
De Villiers, Marq. Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Informed and engaging history of humankind's mismanagement of this nonrenewable resource.
Dolan, Edward F. Our Poisoned Waters. Cobblehill, 1997. Overview of this environmental problem; for young adult readers.
Mason, C. F. Biology of Freshwater Pollution. Addison-Wesley, 1996. Biological impact of pollution in lakes and streams.
Mason, Robert J., and Mark T. Mattson. Atlas of United States Environmental Issues. Macmillan, 1990. Maps, text, and tables of water pollution and other important environmental issues.

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