air pollutant

collocation in English

meaningsofairandpollutant

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air
noun
uk
/eər/us
/er/
the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and that ...
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pollutant
noun[C]
uk
/pəˈluː.tənt/us
/pəˈluː.t̬ənt/
a substance ...
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(Definition ofairandpollutantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This will soon include emissions from some large-scale agricultural activities, butairpollutantreleases from many agricultural activities will continue to be unregulated.
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The amendments were made to incorporate current estimates of health damages, both morbidity and mortality from these air pollutants.
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A recent proposal offered two alternatives levels of tax for three of the air pollutants in our model.
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Nitric oxide is anairpollutantwhich has a participatory role in ozone layer depletion and which may form nitric acid in the atmosphere, resulting in acid rain.
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Currently, allowed emission standards have been set for 28 air pollutants and 29 water pollutants.
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Furthermore, methane is a globalairpollutantand, as such, there is little incentive to reduce emissions unilaterally.
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However, the main reason is that the market forairpollutantmay not be efficient.
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We therefore also examine the economic and environmental implications of different uses of the revenues generated by theairpollutantemission taxes.
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Premature mortality as a result of short-term localairpollutantexposure on the other hand has a permanent effect on labor supply.
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The most familiarairpollutantis often the product of combustion.
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However, biodiesel and bioethanol still emit a considerable amount ofairpollutantat the tailpipe.
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Ground level ozone is a seriousairpollutantwhich creates considerable problems for public health and the environment.
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That may increase the consumption of tobacco, which is definitely anairpollutant, particularly for people in the immediate vicinity of someone who is smoking.
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That in itself can lead to many moreairpollutantquotas—however one measures it.
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It is probably the most complete evidence on medical effects available for anyairpollutant.
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Some of the most common parameters mapped in profile areairpollutantconcentrations and sound levels.
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An additional consideration, though, is suchairpollutantemissions caused in producing the energy used to manufacture pellets.
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It is also a major greenhouse gas andairpollutant.
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Furthermore, the anyairpollutantlanguage in that section of the law specifically refers to regulated air pollutants, not greenhouse emissions.
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It is anairpollutantresulting from combustion, such as automotive exhaust and tobacco smoke.
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