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 (23,288 words) - 16:52, 29 April 2024 |
Water pollution (redirect from Water pollutant) substances (e.g., oil, metals, plastics, pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, industrial waste products), stressful conditions (e.g., changes of pH... 57 KB (8,331 words) - 23:45, 14 April 2024 |
Air quality index (redirect from Air pollutant index) Air Pollution Index, and Singapore's Pollutant Standards Index. Computation of the AQI requires an air pollutant concentration over a specified averaging... 65 KB (5,222 words) - 14:16, 27 April 2024 |
A conventional pollutant is a term used in the USA to describe a water pollutant that is amenable to treatment by a municipal sewage treatment plant.... 1 KB (160 words) - 14:45, 15 April 2023 |
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They... 38 KB (5,158 words) - 09:33, 9 April 2024 |
Legacy pollution (redirect from Legacy pollutant) 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 (5,153 words) - 15:02, 1 May 2024 |
The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) is a Pollutant Release and Transfer Register providing access to information on the annual... 2 KB (139 words) - 09:35, 15 January 2023 |
Atmospheric dispersion modeling (redirect from Dispersion Modeling of Air Pollutants) Atmospheric dispersion modeling is the mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse in the ambient atmosphere. It is performed with computer programs... 33 KB (3,636 words) - 07:54, 27 March 2024 |
Air pollutant concentrations, as measured or as calculated by air pollution dispersion modeling, must often be converted or corrected to be expressed... 14 KB (1,608 words) - 15:36, 30 October 2023 |
A pollutant release and transfer register (PRTR) is a system for collecting and disseminating information about environmental releases and transfers of... 6 KB (575 words) - 10:46, 14 October 2022 |
The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) is a type of air quality index used in Singapore, which is a number used to indicate the level of pollutants in air... 12 KB (1,291 words) - 11:49, 3 January 2024 |
The AP 42 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors is a compilation of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s emission factor information... 11 KB (927 words) - 14:17, 26 July 2023 |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (redirect from Criteria pollutants) pronounced /ˈnæks/ naks) are limits on atmospheric concentration of six pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other health hazards. Established by the... 23 KB (2,532 words) - 16:58, 8 April 2024 |
Pollution (redirect from Environmental pollutants) liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies... 73 KB (8,611 words) - 12:46, 26 April 2024 |
Dutch Standards are environmental pollutant reference values (i.e., concentrations in environmental media) used in environmental remediation, investigation... 10 KB (337 words) - 13:16, 10 October 2023 |
health impact of a pollutant source. Intake fraction is the ratio of the mass of a pollutant inhaled or ingested to the mass of the pollutant emitted. Traditionally... 4 KB (654 words) - 17:12, 8 April 2024 |
Useful conversions and formulas for air dispersion modeling (section Converting air pollutant concentrations) promulgated regulations limiting the allowable concentrations of gaseous pollutants in the ambient air or in emissions to the ambient air. Such regulations... 11 KB (1,261 words) - 19:32, 21 March 2024 |
Soil contamination (redirect from Soil pollutants) exhaust, Cd, and Zn caused by tire wear. Contamination by strengthening air pollutants by incineration of fossil raw materials. The most common chemicals involved... 39 KB (4,792 words) - 03:49, 30 April 2024 |
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) - 22:47, 10 March 2024 |
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty, signed on 22 May 2001 in Stockholm and effective from 17... 33 KB (2,120 words) - 06:43, 6 January 2024 |
Indoor air quality (redirect from Indoor air pollutant) impaired learning in schools. Common pollutants of indoor air include: secondhand tobacco smoke, air pollutants from indoor combustion, radon, molds and... 90 KB (9,484 words) - 07:35, 29 April 2024 |
The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) is a database of Australian pollution emissions managed by the Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments... 8 KB (780 words) - 04:53, 27 December 2023 |
The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) are air pollution standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection... 15 KB (772 words) - 07:14, 9 August 2022 |
Clean Water Act (redirect from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) and established the current definition. The CWA introduced the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), a permit system for regulating point... 89 KB (10,770 words) - 04:50, 16 April 2024 |
Endocrine disruptor (redirect from Hormonally active pollutant) plastics industry and in consumer products, industrial by-products and pollutants, heavy metals and even some naturally produced botanical chemicals. Some... 146 KB (16,616 words) - 19:41, 27 April 2024 |
Radioactive contamination (redirect from Radioactive water pollutants) distillation Indoor air quality Ozone depletion Particulates Persistent organic pollutant Smog Soot Volatile organic compound Waste Biological Biological hazard... 35 KB (4,070 words) - 08:47, 25 April 2024 |
pollutant uptake by the respiratory system can determine how the resulting exposure contributes to the dose. In this way, the mechanism of pollutant uptake... 26 KB (3,259 words) - 02:51, 29 April 2024 |