Pollution
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A Pollution is a contamination (with a pollutant) of a natural environment which causes adverse change.
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- It can (typically) be associated with Pollution Acts, such as rocket takeoffs.
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- See: Negative Externality, Chemical Substance, Energy, Pollutant, Point Source Pollution, Nonpoint Source Pollution.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pollution Retrieved:2020-4-10.
- Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution. In 2015, pollution killed 9 million people in the world.
Major forms of pollution include: Air pollution, light pollution, littering, noise pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, thermal pollution, visual pollution, water pollution.
- Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution. In 2015, pollution killed 9 million people in the world.