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    pollution are also sources of greenhouse emission i.e., burning of fossil fuel. Air pollution is a significant risk factor for a number of pollution-related...
    229 KB (23,275 words) - 06:56, 11 June 2024
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    increased risk of brain damage. People of all ages who live in high pollution areas for extended periods place themselves at increased risk of various...
    69 KB (6,960 words) - 07:01, 10 June 2024
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    pollution long after the source of the pollution is stopped. Major forms of pollution include air pollution, water pollution, litter, noise pollution...
    74 KB (8,629 words) - 01:47, 22 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Groundwater pollution
    Groundwater pollution (also called groundwater contamination) occurs when pollutants are released to the ground and make their way into groundwater. This...
    83 KB (9,454 words) - 15:13, 26 May 2024
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    show that urban areas are more at risk. Globally, it has increased by at least 49% from 1992 to 2017. Light pollution is caused by inefficient or unnecessary...
    146 KB (15,606 words) - 14:38, 24 June 2024
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    Soil contamination, soil pollution, or land pollution as a part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or other...
    39 KB (4,767 words) - 20:20, 22 June 2024
  • have been notified and all agencies are working together to ensure that pollution is minimised”. Julian Wardlaw, who spoke for the Environment Group, an...
    28 KB (2,707 words) - 01:48, 30 March 2024
  • 1999, the EPA has used the air quality index (AQI) to communicate air pollution risk to the public, on a scale from 0 to 500, with six levels from Good to...
    106 KB (11,670 words) - 17:42, 22 June 2024
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    Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses.: 6  It is usually a result of human...
    58 KB (8,388 words) - 09:32, 22 June 2024
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    health risk for the coral and biodiversity of the reefs. According to a 2016 report, while higher regulation contributes to less overall pollution from...
    118 KB (11,647 words) - 23:53, 12 June 2024
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    Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of which...
    100 KB (11,203 words) - 18:27, 21 June 2024
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    it is forecast to become. As air pollution levels rise, so does the AQI, along with the associated public health risk. Children, the elderly and individuals...
    65 KB (5,229 words) - 13:57, 14 June 2024
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    pollution, that are the result of the modernization process itself. Giddens defines these two types of risks as external risks and manufactured risks...
    84 KB (10,191 words) - 09:46, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Plastic pollution
    Plastic pollution Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment...
    183 KB (19,531 words) - 19:41, 23 June 2024
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    Particulates (redirect from PM10 pollution)
    effects of air pollution and particulate matter on cognitive performance has become an active area of research. Air pollution may increase the risk of developmental...
    197 KB (19,280 words) - 10:51, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Clean Air Act (United States)
    States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide. Initially enacted in 1963 and amended many times since, it...
    86 KB (10,017 words) - 20:24, 24 May 2024
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    Soos, Andy (6 January 2011). "Gold Mining Boom Increasing Mercury Pollution Risk". Advanced Media Solutions, Inc. Oilprice.com. Retrieved 26 March 2011...
    141 KB (15,960 words) - 08:55, 20 June 2024
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    Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California. Pollution is defined as the addition...
    96 KB (11,928 words) - 14:46, 21 March 2024
  • litres, it must be given an individual site pollution risk assessment. This highlights any pollution or hazard risks such as the possibility of the oil escaping...
    15 KB (1,961 words) - 16:15, 19 January 2024
  • pollution insurance industry; but nonetheless, the basic idea of pollution insurance remains sound. Cato claims, "With the help of insurers and risk analysts...
    4 KB (469 words) - 18:49, 28 November 2023
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