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HUMANMADE POLLUTION [1 record]

Record 1 2020-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollution (General)
OBS

Pollution due to human activities.

Key term(s)
  • manmade pollution
  • humanmade pollution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution (Généralités)
CONT

La pollution anthropique. Les industries, les transports, le chauffage, les engrais chimiques et les pesticides utilisés en agriculture, les produits en aérosol (chlorofluorocarbures ou CFC) ou le tourisme sont des exemples de sources anthropiques de pollution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación (Generalidades)
CONT

La contaminación antropogénica es aquella producida por los humanos[,] se origina en las actividades humanas que se desarrollan diariamente, como son las industriales, mineras, agropecuarias, artesanales y domésticas y es más grave por su naturaleza y la gran variedad de contaminantes que genera.

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