Index - D

Dams, 102-103, 105, 199

DDT, 142, 146

Debt forgiveness, 189

Definitions
     alternative fuels, 91
     brownfields, 68
     environmental justice, 6
     fertilizers, 149
     hazardous waste, 54
     organic agriculture, 165
     watersheds, 117
     wetlands, 177

Deforestation, 170, 182

Delinquency and lead exposure, 149

Demographic shift, 3

Deregulation, utility, 98

Desertification, 107

Developed countries
     disagreements with less developed countries, 10-11
     Kyoto Protocol controversies, 39-40
     population growth, 3f

Developing countries
     deforestation, 170
     disagreements with developed countries, 10-11
     fossil fuel use, 98
     geothermal energy, 203
     hydropower, 199
     Kyoto Protocol controversies, 39-40
     population growth, 3, 3f

Dioxins, 163, 165t

Diversity, biological. See Biodiversity

Dolphins, 186

Drinking water
     arsenic standards, 121
     chemical additives, 124
     chemicals and contaminants, 121-123
     chlorination, 124, 147-148
     fluoridation, 124, 150-151, 152f
     lead, 122
     Lead Contamination Control Act, 120
     legislation, 119-121
     maximum containment levels (MCLs), 120
     mercury, 122-123
     microbiological organisms, 123, 123t
     Milwaukee Cryptosporidium outbreak, 127
     nitrates and nitrites, 122
     ozonation, 147-148
     public opinion, 127t
     radon, 154-155
     right-to-know, 121
     Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 119-121
     sole-source aquifers, 120
     sources, 121
     State Revolving Fund (SRF), 121
     treatment, 123-124, 125f
     See also Water quality; Water supply

Drought, 108

Duel sovereignty, 7-8

Dumping
     municipal solid waste, 60
     ocean, 119