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  • Thumbnail for Persistent organic pollutant
    Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They...
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  • Thumbnail for Water pollution
    debris and dust can also play a role, as these pollutants can settle into waterways and oceans. Pathways of pollution include direct discharge, land runoff...
    58 KB (8,388 words) - 10:22, 17 June 2024
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    Air pollution (redirect from Air pollutant)
    is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living...
    229 KB (23,275 words) - 06:56, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Legacy pollution
    Legacy pollution or legacy pollutants are persistent materials in the environment that were created through a polluting industry or process that have polluting...
    38 KB (5,154 words) - 15:02, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Environmental persistent pharmaceutical pollutant
    The term environmental persistent pharmaceutical pollutants (EPPP) was first suggested in the nomination in 2010 of pharmaceuticals and environment as...
    37 KB (4,191 words) - 16:11, 11 May 2024
  • concern (CECs) is a term used by water quality professionals to describe pollutants that have been detected in environmental monitoring samples, that may...
    52 KB (5,364 words) - 06:58, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Indoor air quality
    Management. It emphasises removing pollutant sources, reducing emissions from any remaining sources, disrupting pathways between sources and the people exposed...
    97 KB (10,251 words) - 11:05, 26 May 2024
  • xenobiotic metabolism to degrade, transform or accumulate environmental pollutants, including hydrocarbons (e.g. oil), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),...
    21 KB (2,437 words) - 01:02, 25 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Metabolism
    energy. The chemical reactions of metabolism are organized into metabolic pathways, in which one chemical is transformed through a series of steps into another...
    113 KB (12,374 words) - 09:23, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Soil contamination
    from exposure to soil contamination vary greatly depending on pollutant type, the pathway of attack, and the vulnerability of the exposed population. Researchers...
    39 KB (4,792 words) - 08:00, 16 June 2024
  • Canada, the United States, and Mexico, based on data reported to the pollutant release and transfer register (PRTR) of each country. The main products...
    16 KB (1,174 words) - 01:11, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bioremediation
    phytoremediation), living or dead, is employed for removing environmental pollutants from air, water, soil, flue gasses, industrial effluents etc., in natural...
    46 KB (5,149 words) - 14:52, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Endocrine disruptor
    diethylstilbestrol (DES), a nonsteroidal estrogen and not an environmental pollutant. Prior to its ban in the early 1970s, doctors prescribed DES to as many...
    146 KB (16,616 words) - 19:41, 27 April 2024
  • diseases are caused by pathogens, such as black lung from exposure to the pollutant coal dust, genetic disorders like sickle cell disease, and autoimmune...
    41 KB (4,224 words) - 00:05, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Phytoremediation
    is quite different. Toxic heavy metals cannot be degraded, but organic pollutants can be, and are generally the major targets for phytoremediation. Several...
    44 KB (4,801 words) - 20:37, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Taff's Well Thermal Spring
    Journal, Vol. 8, part 2 Aldous, P. 1988. Groundwater Transport and Pollutant Pathways in Carboniferous Limestone Aquifers. The Cardiff – Cowbridge Block:...
    17 KB (2,299 words) - 00:03, 22 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Brain health and pollution
    effects on central nervous system (CNS) functionality. The ability of pollutants to affect the neurophysiology of individuals after the structure of the...
    69 KB (6,960 words) - 07:01, 10 June 2024
  • The term "xenobiotics", however, is very often used in the context of pollutants such as dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls and their effect on the...
    12 KB (1,528 words) - 21:57, 27 May 2024
  • These pathways are also important in environmental science, with the xenobiotic metabolism of microorganisms determining whether a pollutant will be...
    32 KB (3,585 words) - 07:32, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nitric oxide
    not be confused with nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a brown gas and major air pollutant, or with nitrous oxide (N2O), an anesthetic gas. The ground state electronic...
    29 KB (2,754 words) - 05:37, 31 May 2024
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