1. Environmental Issues in Europe
Ukraine
Germany
United Kingdom

2. Ukraine – Chernobyl disaster

3. In April 1986, a nuclear reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, causing the worst nuclear disaster in history.

4. Issue
Toxic radioactive material shot into the air and drifted over western parts of the
Soviet Union , Eastern Europe, and Scandinavia.

5. Cause
At the time, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union did not pay for the upkeep of the nuclear power plant, Chernobyl, and a meltdown occurred.

6. Effect
No one knows exactly how many illnesses and cancers have been caused by this
disaster, but about 4,000 children in the fallout zone
have been diagnosed with
thyroid cancer in recent years.

7. Germany What is Acid Rain? The issue
Acid rain is rain mixed with pollutants in the air.
The issue

8. Cause Smoke from factories and power plants Burning fossil fuels
Exhaust from cars

10. Effects Eats holes in statues and the surface of buildings
Damages soil and trees
Pollutes rivers (Danube)
Kills wildlife

11. Issue Air pollution in the UK
caused by sunlight acting on gasses from cars and factories

12. Causes Smoke from burning fossil fuels Exhaust from cars and trucks
Manufacturing
Coal burning

13. Effect Asthma and pneumonia Smog Endangers human life
Threatens wildlife
Blackens buildings

14. European Environmental Issues
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