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- The increase disposals of fly ash from solid waste incinerator have becoming a serious environmental problem in China.
- The quality of drinking water is of the vital concern for human health and life.
- The increasing attention to regional-scale transport of pollution has resulted in numerous air quality networks, models and large scale field studies to relate the sources of pollution to subsequent air quality measurements and thence to the effects of pollution.
- Airborne particulate matter is a major pollutant with many potential health consequences.
- Chlorinated and non-chlorinated organic contaminants occur widely in both surface and ground water systems and these contaminants pose risks to humans and other living organisms.
- Improper ventilation of buildings may lead to an accumulation of pollutants indoors.
- Pesticide degradates account for a significant portion of the pesticide load in surface water.
- Plastic pollution in the marine environment is an increasing problem with severe impacts on ecosystems and economies around the globe.
- In epidemiological studies, the distance to road traffic is often applied to assess the populations' exposure to air pollution.
- Air pollution refers to the release of pollutants that are harmful to human health and the entire planet, into the air.
- Influence of aerosol composition on visibility degradation in megacity Delhi has been quantified using model-derived seasonal mean aerosol composition constrained by satellite-measured columnar aerosol optical depth spectrum.
- Exposure to indoor radon is of great concern because it is an environmental hazard for developing lung cancer.
- Exposure to environmental noise from traffic is common in urban areas and has been linked to increased risks of adverse health effects including cardiovascular disease.
- Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban areas have always been a global concern, as these areas are considered to be the source region.
- Anthropogenic mercury emissions are a serious addition to global pollution.
- With the acceleration of urbanization in China, haze has become a growing threat to human health.
- Manmade organic chemicals pollute many environments and ecosystems across earth, and have the potential to cause damage to living organisms.
- The use of leaded gasoline in automobiles equipped with catalytic converters causes deactivation of the converters and leads to significant increases in emissions of reactive hydrocarbons, a precursor of ozone.
- Plastic pollution is a global problem since 2016 when its production reached 322 million tonnes, excluding fibers.
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent pollutants identified worldwide as human blood and breast milk contaminants.
- The exposure to air pollution from both sources natural or anthropogenic is one of the main risk factors that affect progressively the health.
- Cement industry is one of the main sources of particulate matter (PM).