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  2. Air pollution - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution can cause diseases, allergies, and even death; it can also cause harm to animals and crops and damage the natural environment (for example, climate change, ozone depletion or habitat degradation) or built environment (for example, acid rain). [3] Air pollution can occur naturally or be caused by human activities. [4]

  3. Pollution prevention in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In order to reduce costs of P2 techniques, many officials are turning to pollution elimination strategies, thereby eliminating any need for end-of-pipe solutions. A task force was created by the EPA in order to directly target reduction strategies. The P2 program task force has 5 main goals: create feasible P2 objectives and corresponding time ...

  4. Regulation and monitoring of pollution - Wikipedia

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    Operators must use the BAT to control pollution from their industrial activities to prevent, and where that is not practicable, to reduce to acceptable levels, pollution to air, land and water from industrial activities. The Best Available Techniques also aim to balance the cost to the operator against benefits to the environment.

  5. USC study finds connection between pollution and decreased ...

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    Ammonium nitrate, a specific component of fine particle air pollution primarily produced by agricultural emissions, is associated with decreased learning and memory performance in children aged ...

  6. Climate's 'Catch-22': Cutting pollution heats up the planet

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    India aims for an air cleanup like China's, and in 2019 launched its National Clean Air Programme to reduce pollution by 40% in more than 100 cities by 2026.

  7. High levels of pollution can stunt young kids’ learning ...

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    Data show exposure to toxic air pollutants accounts for around one-third of reduced… High levels of pollution can stunt young kids’ learning development, study shows Skip to main content

  8. Health and environmental impact of transport - Wikipedia

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    Some pathways to reduce the carbon emissions of road vehicles have been considerably studied. [5] Energy use and emissions vary largely between modes, causing environmentalists to call for a transition from air and road to rail and human-powered transport, and increase transport electrification and energy efficiency.

  9. Pollution prevention - Wikipedia

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    Content related to Pollution prevention may be found at, for example: Water pollution#Control and reduction; Air pollution#Reduction and regulation; Plastic pollution#Reduction efforts; Litter#Reduction and regulation