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Pollution

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Total cards: 10•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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POP 21

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Persistent Organic Pollutants Do not degrade in environment Very negative health effects

#2
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PCB

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In plastics, adhesives, paints Make them malleable and flame retardant (can’t be oxidised) Forever chemical

#3
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DDT

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Organochloride insecticide/ pesticides - Used to kill malaria mosquitoes in bogs - causes to spasm until death

#4
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VOC

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Volatile Organic Compounds Solvents and fuel

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PAN

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HC + O2 + NO2 + UV -> CH3COOONO2 • Secondary pollutant in photochemical smog • more stable than O3 (ozone) so more transboundary • product of air pollutant reacting with sunlight • irritates eye glands, toxic and potent Vehicle emissions, tobacco, fossil fuel combustion

#6
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PM 2.5 ųm

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Particulate matter of 2.5 micrometers - inhale-able and sits in bottom of lungs or gaseous exchange into blood stream

#7
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CFC

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Chlorofluorocarbons Ozone depleting substances

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CH4 SO2

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Methane Sulfur dioxide

#9
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NVZ

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Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Where aquifers exposed at surface so can easily become contaminated

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LRTAP

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Long Range Transboundary Air Pollutant