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11Air pollution — from World War II production Smog over …
12Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 — The Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006[1] Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to enable effect to be given to the Supplementary Fund P …
13Water pollution — Raw sewage and industrial waste flows across international borders New River passes from Mexicali to Calexico, California. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater). Water p …
14Marine pollution — While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm. Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry… …
15Information pollution — is the spread of superfluous, useless or harmful information via the internet or other communications mediums. There are many aspects of information pollution. Information overload Anchor|Information overload Information overload refers to the… …
16Air pollution dispersion terminology — describes the words and technical terms that have a special meaning to those who work in the field of air pollution dispersion modeling. Governmental environmental protection agencies (local, state, province and national) of many countries have… …
17Noise pollution — A Boeing 747 400 passes close to houses shortly before landing at London Heathrow Airport Noise pollution is excessive, displeasing human, animal or machine created environmental noise that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life …
18greenhouse effect — noun warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth • Syn: ↑greenhouse warming •… …
19Multi-effect Protocol — Map showing Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution signatories (green) and ratifications (dark green) as of July 2007 The 1999 Multi effect ( Gothenburg ) Protocol is a multi pollutant protocol designed to reduce acidification,… …
20Health effect — Health effects (or health impacts) are changes in health resulting from exposure to a source. Health effects are an important consideration in many areas, such as hygiene, pollution studies, workplace safety, nutrition and health sciences in… …
