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Pollutant created by substances of natural origin such as volcanic dust, sea salt particles, photochemically formed ozone, and products of forest fibres, among others.
Industry:Environment
Annual number of deaths of infants under age 1 per 1,000 live births. It is used as an indicator of the probability of dying between birth and exactly one year of age.
Industry:Environment
Chemical process carried on by green plants through which light energy is used to produce glucose from carbon dioxide and water, and oxygen is released as a by-product.
Industry:Environment
Non-withdrawal use, that is, use of water taking place within a stream channel, for example, in hydroelectric power generation, navigation, fish farming and recreation.
Industry:Environment
Process of adding hydrogen to vegetable oil under pressure at a temperature of around 170 degrees centigrade that converts harmful saturated fats into unsaturated ones.
Industry:Environment
Substance that can cause disturbances of structure or function, leading to injury or death when absorbed in relatively small amounts by human beings, plants or animals.
Industry:Environment
A subcategory of radioactive wastes comprising those that, because of their low radionuclide content, do not require shielding during normal handling and transportation.
Industry:Environment
Low, flat marshland traversed by channels and tidal hollows and subject to tidal inundation. Normally, the only vegetation present are salt-tolerant bushes and grasses.
Industry:Environment
Exposure to radiation of wavelengths shorter than those of light (gamma, X-ray, or ultraviolet) for medical purposes or the destruction of bacteria in milk or other food.
Industry:Environment
1. Total volume of water flow from a drainage basin over a stipulated long period of time, for example, annual yield. 2. Of renewable resources, maximum sustainable yield.
Industry:Environment
