Concept information
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PREFERRED TERM
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DEFINITION
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Pollutant: A contaminant that in a certain concentration or amount will adversely alter the physical, chemical, or biological function of the environment; includes pathogens, heavy metals, carcinogens, oxygen-demanding materials, and all other harmful substances, including dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, and industrial, municipal and agricultural wastes discharged into the environment. (en)
BROADER CONCEPT
- substances (en)
NARROWER CONCEPTS
- chemical pollutants (en)
- contaminants (en)
- foreign bodies (en)
- industrial pollutants (en)
- jordforurenende stof (da)
- pollutant mixtures (en)
- radioactive pollutants (en)
CAUSES
- chemical contamination (en)
- contamination (en)
- pollution (en)
- radioactive contamination (en)
COMPOSE
- leachates (en)
HAS COMPONENT
- fertilizers (en)
- pesticides (en)
HAS PROPERTY
INCLUDES
- asbestos (en)
- dibenzofurans (en)
- dioxins (en)
- dust (en)
- explosives (en)
- fly ash (en)
- heavy metals (en)
- photochemical oxidants (en)
- residues (en)
- tropospheric ozone (en)
- wastes (en)
INCLUDED IN
- injurious factors (en)
- toxic substances (en)
- xenobiotics (en)
USES PROCESS
- bioakkumulation (da)
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
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Arabic
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الملوث
Created: 2022-08-04T14:54:57
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Chinese
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Czech
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English
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French
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Georgian
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გარემოს დამბინძურებელი ნივთიერება
Created: 2018-10-16T14:56:04.334+02:00
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German
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Hindi
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संक्रमण
Created: 1981-01-26T00:00:00Z
skos:notation: 10082
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Hungarian
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szennyezõanyag
Created: 2006-12-06T00:00:00Z
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skos:notation: 10082
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Italian
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Japanese
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Korean
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Lao
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Persian
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آلودهكنندهها
Created: 2007-04-20T00:00:00Z
skos:notation: 10082
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Polish
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Substancje zanieczyszczające
Created: 2006-12-19T00:00:00Z
skos:notation: 10082
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Russian
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Serbian
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полутанти
Created: 2021-12-20T09:19:43
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Slovak
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Spanish
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Agentes contaminantes
Created: 1987-01-22T00:00:00Z
skos:notation: 10082
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Swahili
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Thai
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Turkish
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bulaşanlar
Created: 2011-11-20T20:30:57Z
Last modified: 2017-03-27T10:50:20Z
skos:notation: 10082
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kirleticiler
Created: 2017-03-27T08:33:09Z
Last modified: 2020-11-12T15:22:09
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