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Natural or synthetic chemical compounds composed of up to millions of repeated linked units, each of a relatively light and simple molecule.
Industry:Pollution control
Non-cancer health effects which may include birth defects, organ damage, morbidity, and death.
Industry:Pollution control
Non-manmade emission sources, including biological and geological sources, wildfires, and windblown dust.
Industry:Pollution control
Non-mobile sources such as power plants, refineries, and manufacturing facilities which emit air pollutants. (See also mobile sources).
Industry:Pollution control
One of several combustion technologies used to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides.
Industry:Pollution control
One or a series of short-term exposures generally lasting less than 24 hours.
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Organic compounds which include only carbon and hydrogen with a fused ring structure containing at least two benzene (six-sided) rings. PAHs may also contain additional fused rings that are not six-sided. The combustion of organic substances is a common source of atmospheric PAHs.
Industry:Pollution control
Particles of solid or liquid matter -- such as soot, dust, aerosols, fumes, and mist -- up to approximately 30 microns in size.
Industry:Pollution control
Particles of solid or liquid matter that can remain suspended in air from a few minutes to many months depending on the particle size and weight.
Industry:Pollution control
Particles that are directly emitted from combustion and fugitive dust sources. (Compare with Secondary Particle. )
Industry:Pollution control
