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Types of 
pollution 
Fallout (burning processes), natural wash (in acidic conditions, e.g., 
dilution of aluminium and heavy metals), point stress (industries, 
cities), scattered stress (fields, livestock)
Effects on 
ecosystems 
Accumulation of bioaccumulative substances in the food chain and 
trash (plastics), changes in pH, diversity loss (living creatures are 
sensitive to changes in pH because of pesticides or SO
x
, NO
x
, NH
3
, 
for example), eutrophication (N, P…), oxygen loss (H
2
S), salting 
Health 
effects 
Acute or chronic, at the level of the individual, population or species 
Effects are 
related to 
Breeding, changes in behaviour or biodiversity, death, diseases, 
genomes, growth, harmless carrying of bioaccumulative substances, 
hormones, metabolism of organs, tumours 
Chemistry education related to SSI has endless possibilities in terms of the suitable lesson 
themes. The issues may relate to acute local, national or global sustainability problems, the 12 
green chemistry principles, product life-cycle analysis, energy production alternatives and raw 
materials. Similarly to Burmeister 
et al.
(2012), the importance of green chemistry practices 
and socio-scientific chemistry issues are highlighted. The integration of sustainable 
development into ’normal’ courses and chemistry education strategies is also considered a 
very important developmental step, as is having schools profiling themselves by joining 
sustainability programs that include chemistry elements. This thesis expands on their view by 
summarising possible topics for chemistry education that relate to socio-scientific issues or 
sustainable development. These include the effects of chemical substances on health and on 
living creatures, different pollution types and the diverse risks to ecosystems. When teaching, 
many of these topics can be connected to the students’ daily lives and bound to the themes 
found in the Finnish National Curriculum for Chemistry (Finnish National Board of 
Education, 2015; 2014; 2003). These topics also enable imagining possible future scenarios 
and discussing the ethical responsibility of science. This dissertation extends socio-scientific 
chemistry education to the context of LCA, which is novel approach in basic school chemistry 
education.