Pollution

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause harm. Pollution can take the form of any substance or energy. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Although environmental pollution can be caused by natural events, the word pollution generally implies that the contaminants have a human source, such as manufacturing, extractive industries, poor waste management, transportation or agriculture. Pollution is often classed as point source, or nonpoint source pollution. Many sources of pollution were unregulated parts of industrialization during the 19th and 20th centuries until the emergence of environmental regulation and pollution policy in the later half of the 20th century. Sites where historically polluting industries released persistent pollutants may have legacy pollution long after the source of the pollution is stopped.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Wikidata description:  Introduction Of Contaminants Into The Natural Environment That Cause Adverse Change
• Wikidata label:  Pollution
• Wikidata aliases:  Pollution, Environmental Pollution

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