industrial pollution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindustrialandpollution
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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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pollution
noun[U]
uk/pəˈluː.ʃən/us/pəˈluː.ʃən/
damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandpollutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This evidence clearly displays the regional variation inindustrialpollution.
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This allows the identification of regulatory impacts (measured byindustrialpollutionintensity) that vary across states.
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This would avoid costly local forms of resistance, not to mention the deferring ofindustrialpollutionor forest degradation to future generations.
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Not only are the harmful effects of direct occupational exposures being recognized, but also those of indirect exposures caused byindustrialpollutionof the environment.
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Either depressions or boom brings about industrial restructuring, modernization, and urbanization in societies, and they also intensify social inequalities andindustrialpollution.
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The industrial environmental demand function relatesindustrialpollutionintensity to the local price of pollution, while controlling for characteristics such as sector, scale, and ownership.
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To be sure, the nuclear problems were more readily politicized than other environmental ones, such as soil erosion,industrialpollution, or waste disposal.
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If dark morphs replace light morphs in butterfly populations exposed toindustrialpollution, predation pressure decreases due to camouflage in the butterflies.
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It is also clear thatindustrialpollutionis increasing rapidly, except for wastewater.
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Both regions had experienced severeindustrialpollution.
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Since there have been large variations in the levy during the sample period, our results imply that it has played a major role in reducingindustrialpollutionintensity.
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Sinceindustrialpollution, air or water, is normally expressed in terms of a vector of pollutants, an estimate of the marginal cost of abatement for each pollutant is required.
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The quality of the air is a matter of great concern to many people, especially asindustrialpollution tends to increase the incidence of respiratory disease.
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Especially by the 1960s and 1970s, as awareness of the costs ofindustrialpollutionmounted, scale diseconomies figured more prominently as a motivation for industrial decentralisation.
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It is sometimes said to be dirty, since muchindustrialpollution—often originating outside the district—still has to be overcome.
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It is confidently expected that the powers in this clause, which are subject to appeal, will considerably reduce the effects ofindustrialpollution.
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We have published proposals for major reform of the law of waste disposal and the control ofindustrialpollution.
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Secondly, there is general agreement that we need an effective system to control, regulate and reduceindustrialpollution.
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We will take forward our plans for establishing an integrated system of control overindustrialpollutionand reforming waste disposal legislation.
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In the last century attempts were made to controlindustrialpollution, but they were very unsuccessful through lack of enforcement.
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