industrial pollutant

collocation in English

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industrial
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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pollutant
noun[C]
uk
/pəˈluː.tənt/us
/pəˈluː.t̬ənt/
a substance ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandpollutantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Its derivative 2,4-dimethylaniline is a recalcitrant degradant of the pesticide amitraz and is also anindustrialpollutantwhich is genotoxic, teratogenic and carcinogenic.
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They are known to be carcinogenic and anindustrialpollutant.
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It was designed for evaluating the impact ofindustrialpollutantreleases and for air quality assessments.
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This is not just the now familiar story of polluted beaches, oil slicks and industrial pollutants.
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The debate concerns the titanium dioxide industry and the industrial pollutants that it produces.
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The plumes include industrial pollutants that have been discharged into the sea and settled over time on the sea bed.
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People wished to use the oceans as sewers for their pollutants, but before the recent onset of industrial pollutants, the sea was big enough to absorb them.
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That was caused by a heavy amount of industrial pollutants.
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Others include energy efficiency projects, the destruction of industrial pollutants or agricultural byproducts, destruction of landfill methane, and forestry projects.
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Various industrial pollutants also may be present as gases or aerosols, such as chlorine (elemental or in compounds), fluorine compounds and elemental mercury vapor.
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By the 1980s, the countryside was beginning to show the effects of pollution, both from herbicides used in agriculture and from industrial pollutants.
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Industrial pollutants in sewage sludge prevents recycling it as fertilizer.
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He was a leader in observing the detrimental effects of industrial pollutants on plants.
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The lake receives water from rivers that carry industrial pollutants from factories upstream.
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However, human activity, including logging, poisoning from insecticides and industrial pollutants, continue to loom as threats to the species.
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Industrial pollutants are the largest industrial pollutants, such as agriculture, chemicals, and ironmongery pollutants.
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Industrial pollutants, such as phenols and heavy metals, can devastate fish stocks and damage the estuary soil.
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Science shops, in general, have aided environmentalists in better analyzing industrial pollutants, and helped workers to better evaluate the safety and employment consequences of new production processes.
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Its value as a street tree is largely due to its resistance to salt spray (from road de-icing salt) and various industrial pollutants (including ozone), and its intermediate drought tolerance.
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