ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

Human values

Pollution

Pollution

Pollutant
Pollutants
Polluted
Polluters

Broader

Improvement-Impairment

Goodness-Badness

Cleanness-Uncleanness

Simplicity-Complexity

Healthfulness-Unhealthfulness

Appropriateness-Inappropriateness

Problem

Water pollution by pharmaceuticals

Water pollution

Urban-industrial air pollution

Substance abuse

Polychlorinated biphenyls as a health hazard

Pollution by aircraft

Plutonium pollution

Photochemical oxidant formation

Particulate atmospheric pollution

Ozone as a pollutant

Nitrogen compounds as water pollutants

Negative ecological impact of overpopulation

Mercury as a pollutant

Marine pollution

Lead as an environmental pollutant

Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

Hormone pollution

Environmentally caused learning disorders

Environmental pollution

Environmental impacts of cruise ships

Environmental hazards of pesticides

Environmental hazards of industrialization

Environmental consequences of war

Emissions from combustion engines

DDT as a pollutant

Computer viruses

Coastal water pollution

Chromium as a pollutant

Chloroform as a pollutant

Chemical pollutants of the environment

Arsenic as a pollutant

Water surface pollution

Water salinization

Water pollution from fish production

Water pollution by pesticides

Vanadium as a pollutant

Toxic metal pollutants

Titanium dioxide as a pollutant

Thermal pollution

Suppression of information concerning environmental safety

Sulphur trioxide as a pollutant

Sulphur dioxide as a pollutant

Smoke as a pollutant

Sewage as a pollutant

Selenium as a pollutant

Rodenticides as pollutants

River pollution

Retrospective pollution liability

Radioactive contamination of water

Psychological pollution by mass media

Pollution-induced fish diseases

Pollution of water by infected faeces

Pollution of sediments

Pollution of inland waters

Pollution of fresh water sources

Polluted drinking water

Polar pollution

Plastic pollution of coastal zones

Phosphates as pollutants

Perverse environmental subsidies

Persistent organic pollutants

Organochlorine pollution

Oil as a pollutant

Obstruction of astronomical observation by environmental pollution

Noise pollution

Nitrogen oxides as air pollutants

Nitrogen as a pollutant

Nitrites as pollutants

Nitrate contamination of water

Natural pollutants

Mental pollution

Long-range transboundary air pollution

Leaching of salts through irrigation

Lack of integrated pollution control

Insecticides as pollutants

Industrial waste water pollutants

Industrial and domestic heating emissions as air pollutants

Indoor air pollution

Inadequate disposal of hospital waste

Hydrogen sulphide as a pollutant

Herbicides as pollutants

Health hazards of environmental pollution

Health hazards of asbestos

Health hazards of air pollution for children

Fluorides as pollutants

Feminization of male fish

Environmental pollution from aquaculture

Environmental pollution by nuclear reactors

Environmental hazards of pharmaceutical products

Environmental hazards of nuclear weapons industry

Environmental hazards from timber industries

Environmental hazards from coal conversion plants

Environmental hazards constraining scientific research

Electromagnetic pollution

Effluents from animal husbandry

Domestic waste water pollutants

Disposal of pollutants from chimney scrubbers

Degradation of mountain environment by leisure activities

Cobalt as a pollutant

Chlorofluorocarbons as an environmental hazard

Chlorine as a pollutant

Chemical contamination of water

Carbamate insecticides as pollutants

Cadmium as a pollutant

Biological pollutants

Biological air pollutants

Bioaccumulation of toxic substances

Arctic air pollution

Air pollution from forest fires

Agricultural pollution

Accumulation of pollutants in marine wildlife

Zinc as a pollutant

Untreated animal excreta

Unethical practice of marine sciences

Unethical practice of chemistry

Toxic organic compounds as water pollutants

Tin as a pollutant

Thiols and mercaptans as pollutants

Sulphur compounds as pollutants

Silicates as pollutants

Pollution of semi-enclosed bodies of seawater

Pollution from military bases

Pollution by fertilizers

Organophosphorus insecticides as pollutants

Organic hydrocarbons as pollutants

Nitrates as pollutants

Nickel as a pollutant

Laboratory waste water pollutants

Inorganic salts as pollutants

Inhibition of crop growth by pollution

Health hazards of air pollution for animals

Havens for environmental pollution

Halogen compounds as pollutants

Governmental polluters

Gaseous air pollutants

Fungicides as pollutants

Domestic pollution

Detergents as pollutants

Damage to cultural artefacts by environmental pollution

Copper as a pollutant

Contamination of human body

Chemical air pollutants

Carbonyl compounds as air pollutants

Ammonia as a pollutant

Accumulation of pollutants in terrestrial wildlife

Accumulation of pollutants in terrestrial plants

Accumulation of pollutants in freshwater wildlife

Wildlife pollution hazard

Unethical practice of geological sciences

Transboundary water pollution

Trans-boundary pollution

Subsidized natural resource consumption

Ritual pollution

Reluctance to impose pollution taxes

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as pollutants

Pollution during military occupation

Placement of the burden of proof on the disempowered

Pig-waste pollution

Nematicides as pollutants

Molybdenum as a pollutant

Inadequate legislation against environmental pollution

Exceeding critical pollution loads

Ethylene as a pollutant

Employment at risk through elimination of industrial pollution

Cyanide as a pollutant

Carbon tetrachloride as a pollutant

Breakdown in communications due to difference in training

Boron as a pollutant

Benzol as a pollutant

Barium as a pollutant

Air pollution from agricultural land use

Acaricides as pollutants

Strategy

Using root zone wastewater treatment

Establishing transferable pollution rights

Developing government/industry voluntary agreements to control transboundary air pollution

Advancing environmental health

Using precautionary approach to minimize water pollution

Undertaking research on indoor air pollution

Studying atmospheric pollution

Strengthening regional cooperation on transboundary air pollution control

Researching effects of air pollution on human health

Researching child exposure to environmental hazards

Registering industrial emissions

Reducing water pollution

Reducing urban air pollution

Reducing transport emissions

Reducing river pollution

Reducing pollution from energy generation

Reducing marine pollution

Reducing industrial water pollution

Reducing industrial pollution

Reducing indoor air pollution

Reducing health risks from environmental pollution

Reducing dioxin pollution

Protecting marine environment from sea-based pollution

Protecting against environmental hazards from chemicals

Promoting research and development in transboundary air pollution control

Monitoring urban-industrial air pollution

Monitoring marine pollution

Monitoring exposure to hazardous environmental pollutants

Monitoring effects of air pollution on human health

Monitoring air quality

Monitoring accumulation of pollutants in plants and animals

Labelling products that cause transboundary air pollution

Introducing pollution-based tax system

Implementing urban air pollution programmes

Exchanging information to control transboundary air pollution

Ensuring clean drinking water

Enforcing air quality controls

Developing national policy to control transboundary air pollution

Developing environmental education on transboundary air pollution

Developing air pollution control technology for urban industry and transportation

Decoupling economic growth and pollution increase

Compensating for pollution damage caused by substances other than oil

Avoiding diffuse pollution of agricultural chemicals

Assessing financing to reduce health risks from environmental pollution and hazards

Adopting precautionary approach to pollution

Using mental pollution

Using emission charges

Substituting for harmful products

Reducing risks of accidental pollution from cargo ships

Reducing heavy metal pollution

Providing international remedies for oil pollution incidents

Protecting against environmental hazards of coal energy

Preventing air pollution from aircraft

Modelling pollution

Clean pollution control technologies for Industry

Using traditional methods for water pollution control

Using management programmes to reduce emissions of persistent organic pollutants

Using environmental pollution

Using economic instruments to reduce emissions from persistent organic pollutants

Undertaking intersectoral research on pollution control

Transporting pollutants

Training in pollution control, waste treatment and disposal technologies

Training in monitoring and controlling pollution caused by waste

Testing for metal contamination

Supporting new markets for pollution control

Subsidizing pollution control

Studying marine pollution

Strengthening regulation of marine pollution

Strengthening laws on pollution monitoring of national and transboundary waters

Strengthening capabilities for dealing with chemical accidents

Researching transboundary water pollution

Researching environmental effects of transboundary air pollution

Researching ecophysiology pollution

Reporting marine pollution

Reporting groundwater pollution hazards

Removing pollutants from the environment

Removing perverse environmental subsidies

Relocating structures because of visual pollution

Regulating pollution

Regionalizing pollution

Reducing water surface pollution

Reducing transboundary water pollution

Reducing transboundary pollution

Reducing transboundary air pollution from transport systems

Reducing trans-frontier pollution

Reducing thermal pollution

Reducing soil pollution

Reducing smoke as a pollutant

Reducing sewage as a pollutant

Reducing ritual pollution

Reducing public subsidization of environmental pollution

Reducing program pollution

Reducing pollution-intensive production

Reducing pollution of orbital space

Reducing pollution of inland waters

Reducing pollution loads

Reducing pollution hazards of industrial research

Reducing pollution from military activities

Reducing pollution

Reducing pollutant residues

Reducing pesticides as pollutants

Reducing particulate atmospheric pollution

Reducing noise pollution

Reducing nitrogen compounds as water pollutants

Reducing nitrogen and phosphoric pollution from animal production

Reducing mental pollution

Reducing levels of persistent organic pollutants in other substances

Reducing lake pollution

Reducing insecticides as pollutants

Reducing inorganic salts as pollutants

Reducing human internal pollution

Reducing hormone pollution

Reducing herbicides as pollutants

Reducing governmental polluters

Reducing gaseous air pollutants

Reducing fungicides as pollutants

Reducing food pollution

Reducing environmental pollution by nuclear reactors

Reducing environmental pollution by drugs

Reducing environmental pollution

Reducing emissions of persistent organic pollutants

Reducing electromagnetic pollution

Reducing domestic waste water pollutants

Reducing domestic pollution

Reducing cover-up of environmental pollution

Reducing contaminant residues in terrestrial plants

Reducing contaminant residues in plants and animals

Reducing coastal water pollution

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles

Reducing biological pollutants

Reducing biological air pollutants

Reducing automobile emissions as air pollutants

Reducing air pollution

Reducing agricultural pollution

Reducing accumulation of pollutants in terrestrial wildlife

Reducing accumulation of pollutants in marine wildlife

Reducing accumulation of pollutants in freshwater wildlife

Providing public information on transboundary water pollution

Providing integrated pollution control

Providing information about national strategies to control transboundary air pollution

Providing impact information for transboundary air pollution

Providing guidance on control technology for marine pollution from land-based sources

Protesting industrial pollution

Protecting the environment through criminal prosecution

Protecting the environment from contamination

Protecting terrestrial wildlife from pollution

Protecting terrestrial plants from pollution

Protecting plants and animals from pollution

Protecting marine wildlife from pollution

Protecting freshwater wildlife from pollution

Protecting against pollution

Promoting traffic management schemes to reduce transboundary air pollution

Promoting best environmental practice concerning persistent organic pollutants

Promoting alternatives to persistent organic pollutants

Preventing pond pollution

Preventing pollution of aquifers by toxic substances

Preventing pollution in fish ponds

Preventing pollution

Preventing lake pollution

Preparing policy guidelines for global funding mechanisms for marine pollution prevention

Placing burden of proof on victims of environment pollution

Monitoring water pollution sources

Monitoring water pollution

Monitoring thermal pollution

Monitoring soil pollution

Monitoring sewage as a pollutant

Monitoring river pollution

Monitoring psychological pollution by mass media

Monitoring pollution-intensive production

Monitoring pollution of orbital space

Monitoring pollution of inland waters

Monitoring pollution from military activities

Monitoring pollution control

Monitoring pollution by nuclear reactors

Monitoring pollution

Monitoring pollutant residues

Monitoring pesticides as pollutants

Monitoring noise pollution

Monitoring nitrogen compounds as water pollutants

Monitoring natural pollutants

Monitoring moral pollution

Monitoring marine pollution from ships

Monitoring lake pollution

Monitoring inorganic salts as pollutants

Monitoring industrial waste water pollutants

Monitoring human internal pollution

Monitoring hormone pollution

Monitoring groundwater pollution

Monitoring governmental polluters

Monitoring environmental pollution by drugs

Monitoring environmental pollution

Monitoring environmental effects of transboundary air pollution

Monitoring employment at risk through elimination of industrial pollution

Monitoring emission rates of transboundary air pollution

Monitoring electromagnetic pollution

Monitoring effects of transboundary pollution in vegetation

Monitoring effects of transboundary air pollution in water

Monitoring effects of transboundary air pollution in soil

Monitoring drug pollution

Monitoring domestic waste water pollutants

Monitoring domestic pollution

Monitoring distant air pollution

Monitoring critical pollution loads

Monitoring contaminant residues in terrestrial plants

Monitoring coastal water pollution

Monitoring chemical pollution

Monitoring biological pollutants

Monitoring atmospheric pollution

Monitoring ambient concentrations of transboundary air pollution

Monitoring agricultural pollution

Monitoring accumulation of pollutants in terrestrial wildlife

Monitoring accumulation of pollutants in marine wildlife

Monitoring accumulation of pollutants in freshwater wildlife

Mediating transboundary air pollution disputes

Mapping pollutant pathways for transboundary air pollution

Introducing pollution licences

Interchanging pollutants

Integrating transboundary air pollution monitoring with environmental monitoring

Integrating national and international monitoring programmes for transboundary air pollution

Informing about industrial development decisions affecting transboundary air pollution

Increasing public awareness of persistent organic pollutants

Increasing industrial cooperation to control transboundary water pollution

Increasing employment by decreasing industrial pollution

Incorporating health risks analysis in national pollution control programmes

Improving water pollution control capacities in large cities

Improving pollution control for offshore platforms

Improving legislation against environmental pollution

Improving laws to control long range atmospheric transport of pollutants

Improving fresh air

Identifying mountain areas threatened by pollution

Formulating future control strategies for transboundary air pollution

Facilitating transfer of marine pollution control technology to developing countries

Facilitating training about transboundary air pollution control

Facilitating access of developing countries to pollution control knowledge and technologies

Exposing public subsidization of environmental pollution

Expanding regional cooperation on point source marine pollution from new installations

Exchanging physico-chemical information relating to transboundary air pollution

Exchanging meteorological information on transboundary air pollution

Exchanging information on transmission processes leading to transboundary air pollution

Exchanging information on transboundary water pollution

Exchanging information on marine pollution causes

Exchanging information on costs of control technologies for transboundary air pollution

Exchanging information on control technologies for transboundary air pollution

Exchanging biological information relating to transboundary air pollution

Establishing scientific dose/effect relationship for transboundary air pollution

Establishing monitoring stations for transboundary air pollution

Empowering pollution control agencies

Empowering citizens to challenge polluters

Employing critical load assessment for transboundary air pollution

Eliminating persistent organic pollutants

Eliminating immorality

Disposing of persistent organic pollutants

Developing water pollution control technologies

Developing transmission models for transboundary air pollution

Developing technologies to control transboundary air pollution

Developing pollution control technologies

Developing pollutant release and transfer registers

Developing national strategies to control transboundary air pollution

Developing national emission level standards for stationary source pollution

Developing national emission level standards for new stationary source air pollution

Developing national emission level standards for new mobile source air pollution

Developing national emission level standards for mobile source air pollution

Developing methods to identify critical threshold levels of atmospheric pollutants

Developing government/industry covenants to control transboundary air pollution

Delaying introduction of tax on pollution

Creating global profile of marine pollution

Covering up environmental pollution

Controlling transboundary emissions of persistent organic pollutants

Controlling transboundary emissions of nitrogen oxides

Controlling transboundary emissions of heavy metal pollutants

Controlling pollution

Controlling emissions of volatile organic compounds

Controlling emissions of persistent organic pollutants from stationary sources

Controlling emissions of persistent organic pollutants from mobile sources

Combatting pollution

Combatting oil pollution

Combatting marine pollution

Cleaning up pollution

Cleaning up marine pollution

Assessing regional agreements on marine pollution from land-based sources

Assessing extent of marine pollution in areas with congested shipping lanes

Assessing alternative measures for controlling transboundary air pollution

Applying pollution control measures to nitrogen oxide emissions

Applying environmental chemistry

Agreeing timeframes for measurement of transboundary air pollution

Agreeing standards for information exchange on transboundary air pollution

Agreeing standard procedures for monitoring transboundary air pollution

Agreeing size of grid-units for measuring transboundary air pollution

Agreeing size of flux-units for measuring transboundary air pollution

Addressing ground level ozone pollution

Abstaining from regulations against pollution

Abstaining from integrated pollution control

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Metadata

Database

Human values

Type

(D) Destructive values

Subject

Societal problems » Pollution

Content quality

Yet to rate

Language

English

1A4N

D5113

DOCID

11451130

D7NID

191457

Last update

Dec 2, 2024