A pollutant mixture refers to a combination of two or more pollutants present in the environment at the same time. These pollutants can be of various types, such as chemicals, particulate matter, or biological contaminants. (AGROVOC Team, 2024)
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Pollutant mixture is a general term for any combination of pollutants. Multipollutant mixture is a more specific term that emphasizes the presence of multiple pollutants and the potential for interactions between them.
Earth's crust is the upper rigid part of the lithosphere, the base of which is defined by a prominent seismic discontinuity, the Mohorovicic discontinuity or Moho. (Earth as an Evolving Planetary System (Fourth Edition), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2019-0-00301-9)
Drought tolerance refers to the degree to which a plant is adapted to arid or drought conditions. (Muhammad Tehseen Azhar, Abdul Rehman, Chapter 14 - Overview on Effects of Water Stress on Cotton Plants and Productivity, Editor(s): Shabir Hussain Wani,
Biochemical, Physiological and Molecular Avenues for Combating Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, Academic Press, 2018, Pages 297-316, ISBN 9780128130667,
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813066-7.00016-4)
The toxin tremetol is a mixture of ketones and alcohols. Tremetol affects the muscles, especially of the heart, causing degeneration of the muscle. Tremetol is passed through the milk of lactating animals to their young and to humans that drink the milk of cows, goats etc. grazing on snakeroot (Ageratina altissima). (Adapted from Biomarkers in Toxicology (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2019, ISBN 9780128146552, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814655-2.12001-8 and Colorado State University Guide to Poisonous Plants, 2022 https://csuvth.colostate.edu/poisonous_plants/Plants/Details/128)
