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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.

Contributors in Air pollution

Air pollution

secondary standard

Pollution control; Air pollution

An air quality standard that prevents, reduces, or minimizes injury to agricultural crops and livestock, damage to and the deterioration of property, and hazards to air and ground transportation.

consumer products

Pollution control; Air pollution

Products such as hairspray, detergents, cleaning compounds, polishes, lawn and garden products, personal care products, and automotive specialty products which are part of our everyday lives and, ...

polymer

Pollution control; Air pollution

Natural or synthetic chemical compounds composed of up to millions of repeated linked units, each of a relatively light and simple molecule.

noncarcinogenic effects

Pollution control; Air pollution

Non-cancer health effects which may include birth defects, organ damage, morbidity, and death.

natural sources

Pollution control; Air pollution

Non-manmade emission sources, including biological and geological sources, wildfires, and windblown dust.

stationary sources

Pollution control; Air pollution

Non-mobile sources such as power plants, refineries, and manufacturing facilities which emit air pollutants. (See also mobile sources).

low NOx burners

Pollution control; Air pollution

One of several combustion technologies used to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides.

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