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| The addition of a substance or an agent to an environment through human activity, at a rate greater than at which it can be rendered harmless with appreciable effect on the organisms and environment. |
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Pollution released from a single source that is said to be easily manageable or to control. |
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| Pollution released from diffuse sources and affects are spread over wider area. |
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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs):
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| Organic compounds that do not break down in the environment through chemical, biological, and light processes |
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| Decay or breakdown of pollution that occurs when microorganisms use an organic substance as a source of carbon and energy. |
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Pollution category of significance which occurs suddenly and should take into account the worst case discharge scenario from the facility.
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| A persistent release of a pollutant at a low concentration resulting in adverse effects on the animal or human body with symptoms that develop slowly, due to long and continuous exposure to low concentrations of a hazardous substance. |
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| Substance causing pollution that may be active on emission |
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| Substance causing pollution arising from primary pollutants undergoing physical or chemical change. |
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| Substance causing pollution that may be in the form of organic or inorganic substances, light, sound or thermal energy, biological agents or invasive species, and may derive from a wide range of human activities. |
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| Substances that contaminate the environment and organisms involving gases, liquids, or solids which can be organic containing carbon atoms or inorganic substances. |
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| Substances that contaminate the environment and organisms involving sound, light or heat |
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| Living organism pollutants |
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| Substances that contaminate the environment and organisms involving invasive species or biological agents. |
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Carbon base contaminate of environment and other
organisms that was once living.
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Nonliving and usually noncarbon based substance that
contaminates the environment and organisms. |
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Measurement of pollution that records the amount of a pollutant in water, air or soil.
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| Indirect Pollutant Method |
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| Measurement of pollution that records changes in an abiotic or biotic factor. |
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| Three level model of pollution management |
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| Example that shows different ways for reducing the impact of pollutants often referred to as replace, regulate, and restore model. |
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