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FLUORIDE [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

A compound of fluorine with another element or radical.

CONT

Fluoride may be present in the atmosphere in gaseous or solid forms as effluents from the aluminium industry ... the manufacture of phosphate fertilizer, brick plants.

OBS

fluoride: term adopted by Environment Canada; used in the list of pollutants measured in the National Air Pollution Surveillance Network (NAPS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Le fluor est très répandu dans la nature, sous forme de fluorure et il accompagne presque toujours le phosphore dans les minerais.

OBS

fluorure : terme retenu par Environnement Canada; utilisé dans la liste des polluants mesurés par le Réseau national de surveillance de la pollution atmosphérique (RNSPA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
DEF

Compuestos con flúor, de amplia distribución en la naturaleza; son liberados a la atmósfera en muchos procesos industriales.

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Record 2 2001-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Pollutants
  • Air Pollution
OBS

Published by Health Canada, Health Protection Branch, under the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Supporting Documents. Prepared by the Federal-Provincial Subcommittee on Drinking Water of the Federal-Provincial Committee on Environmental and Occupational Health, Ottawa, (edited February 1997), 19 pages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Agents de pollution
  • Pollution de l'air
OBS

Publié par Santé Canada, Direction générale de la protection de la santé. Préparé par le Sous-comité fédéral-provincial sur l'eau potable du Comité fédéral-provincial de l'hygiène du milieu et du travail, Ottawa, (révisé en février 1997), 21 pages.

Spanish

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