Collocations withpollutant
These are words often used in combination withpollutant.
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airborne pollutants
We are following up the reduction of smoke by controlling other airborne pollutants.
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air pollutant
Furthermore, methane is a global air pollutant and, as such, there is little incentive to reduce emissions unilaterally.
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atmospheric pollutants
Studies of transport of atmospheric pollutants often require treatment of nonhomogeneous and non-stationary flows.
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chemical pollutants
Given the positive results, histological slides appear to be useful in determining associations between symbionts and organic chemical pollutants in mobile hosts like the shrimp.
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environmental pollutant
Great progress has been made in recent years on the landscaping of motorways but noise from them is still an appalling environmental pollutant.
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gaseous pollutant
Organic emissions from residential wood stoves were also considered in order to broaden the range of possible gaseous pollutants.
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harmful pollutant
So why on earth do we not use this document to ban the use of such a harmful pollutant as ammonia for cleaning our houses?
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industrial pollutant
Its derivative 2,4-dimethylaniline is a recalcitrant degradant of the pesticide amitraz and is also an industrial pollutant which is genotoxic, teratogenic and carcinogenic.
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major pollutant
Another major pollutant, not generally recognised, relates to the harmful effect of artificial electromagnetic fields on public health.
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organic pollutant
Each substance identified as a persistent organic pollutant will have to be judged on its own merit.
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other pollutant
If we consider just one pollutant, particulates, the health gains from reducing particle levels are greater than for those of any other pollutant.
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secondary pollutant
This is a secondary pollutant formed when nitrogen oxides mix with hydrocarbons from vehicle exhausts in the presence of sunlight—the infamous photochemical smog.
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toxic pollutants
There have been extensive studies on survival of cercariae exposed to toxic pollutants.
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