Air pollution

Air pollution

Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulates or biological materials into the atmosphere which cause damage to the natural environment and have adverse health affects on organisms.

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epidemiology

Pollution control; Air pollution

The study of the occurrence and distribution of disease within a population.

abatement

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The reduction or elimination of pollution.

Pungent, colorless gases (sulfates are solids) formed primarily by the combustion of sulfur-containing fossil fuels, especially coal and oil. Considered major air pollutants, sulfur oxides may impact ...

dose-response

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The relationship between the dose of a pollutant and the response (or effect) it produces on a biological system.

water solubility

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The solubility of a substance in water provides information on the fate and transport in the environment. The higher the water solubility, the greater the tendency to remain dissolved and the less ...

California Air Resources Board (ARB)

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The State's lead air quality agency consisting of an eleven-member board appointed by the Governor and several hundred employees. CARB is responsible for attainment and maintenance of the state and ...

individual cancer risk

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The probability, expressed as chances in a million, that a person experiencing 70 years of continuous area-wide outdoor exposure to a toxic air contaminant will develop cancer.