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Meanings of contaminants of emerging concern in английском
Chemical substances that are not regulated but are introduced in the environment due to various anthropogenic activities and can potentially harm the ecosystem.
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Examples for "pollutants"
Examples for "pollutants"
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Air pollutants from residential solid fuel combustion are attracting growing public concern.
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The rule covers global warming pollutants including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide.
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Most of the acronyms refer to pesticides - or 'environmental chemical pollutants'.
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The vehicles had emitted up to 40 times the legally allowable pollutants.
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It removes all four common indoor air pollutants as well as ammonia.
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These come from legal or illegal medicines, as well as environmental contaminants.
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Refining oil contaminants are complex and cause serious harm to the environment.
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The team is also testing the island's water and soil for contaminants.
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Toxicity is often tested in the absence of other expected co-occurring contaminants.
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The metalloid arsenic and the chlorinated insecticide endosulfan are common environmental contaminants.
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Further monitoring and research are required to assess trends and health effects of emerging contaminants.
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Among the emerging contaminants, antibiotics are obviously of high concern, because of their potential for inducing antibiotic resistance.
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Lack of toxicity data, including for complex mixtures, makes it difficult to assess the risks emerging contaminants pose.
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Water main breaks waste more 2 trillion gallons of treated drinking water per year, and "legacy and emerging contaminants" need monitoring.
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UV filters are a class of emerging contaminants with an annual estimated production of 10,000 tons worldwide that continuously enter aquatic environments.