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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Pollutants

Pollutants

Broader

Pollution
Presentable

Narrower

Obesogens
Excellent
Chemical pollutants of the environment
Excellent
Thermal pollution
Presentable
Sulphur trioxide as a pollutant
Presentable
Noise pollution
Presentable
Natural pollutants
Presentable
Environmental hazards of non-ionizing radiation
Presentable
Electromagnetic pollution
Presentable
Pervasive toxins
Unpresentable
Inorganic salts as pollutants
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Environmental pollution
Excellent
Hypersensitivity
Presentable

Aggravated by

Misuse of chemicals
Presentable
Intractable waste
Presentable
Insufficient recycling of materials
Presentable
Underutilized wastes
Unpresentable
Exceeding critical pollution loads
Yet to rate

Strategy

Reducing pollution
Yet to rate
Monitoring pollution
Yet to rate

Value

Pollution
Yet to rate

Reference

United Nations: Microbial Technologies to Overcome Environmental Problems of Persistent Pollutants
World Resources Institute: World Resources 1986

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Societal problems » Pollution
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    C5690
    DOCID
    11356900
    D7NID
    133699
    Last update
    Apr 15, 2022