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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Water pollution occurs when discharges of energy or materials degrade the quality of water for other users, including both humans and wildlife. Pollution can affect inland waters such as lakes, rivers and groundwater, as well as coastal marine waters.  2, record 1, English, - water%20pollution

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Degradación de la aptitud del agua para algún propósito determinado.  3, record 1, Spanish, - contaminaci%C3%B3n%20del%20agua

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Alteración de las aguas debida a presencia de productos procedentes de la industria y de otras actividades humanas.  2, record 1, Spanish, - contaminaci%C3%B3n%20del%20agua

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A term loosely used to designate: 1) the introduction into a medium of a pollutant or of a material which the environment can not handle, degrade or disperse; 2) the presence of pollutants observed in a medium (involving an increase in the volume of materials already present in natural ecosystems, as well as those poisons and chemicals that are not normally present in nature); and 3) the undesirable modification of the composition of a liquid solid or gaseous medium which results from this introduction.  2, record 2, English, - pollution

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Pollution is very often used in the more general sense of "environmental pollution". See also that record.  2, record 2, English, - pollution

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

In water pollution, the term "contamination" is often used as a synonym, as shown by the following definition, taken in source IWATE (Glossary of water and wastewater control engineering, by the American Public Health Association): "The introduction into water of microorganisms, chemicals, wastes, or wastewater in a concentration that makes the water unfit for its intended use." However, a distinction should be made between "pollution" and "contamination": the latter implies a health danger (particularly to humans). Compare "(air) pollutant", "(air) contaminant" and "contamination".  2, record 2, English, - pollution

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Introduction ou présence dans un milieu d'une substance ou d'un facteur biologique, chimique ou physique qui provoque une altération de l'environnement ou qui entraîne une nuisance. Aussi : cette altération. Par exemple : pollution bactérienne, pollution nucléaire, pollution par le bruit, pollution des aliments (par les pesticides et les additifs alimentaires).  2, record 2, French, - pollution

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

nuisance : ce terme se rapporte au désagrément causé par cette introduction, même s'il s'agit d'une quantité très faible d'une substance et donc non véritablement polluante (p. ex. odeur) ou d'un état physique de l'environnement (p. ex. bruit, température), lorsqu'elle provoque une gêne pour celui qui le perçoit.  2, record 2, French, - pollution

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

pollution : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.  2, record 2, French, - pollution

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Voir les fiches «contaminant (de l'air)», «polluant (de l'air)», et «contamination».  2, record 2, French, - pollution

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Alteración de alguno de los elementos necesarios para la vida, tierra, agua o aire, o perturbación sobre los seres vivos que se origina como consecuencia de dicha alteración.  3, record 2, Spanish, - contaminaci%C3%B3n

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Any unfavourable alteration of the physical, thermal, biological or radioactive properties of any part of our surroundings, wholly or largely as a by-product of man's action, through direct or indirect changes in energy patterns, radiation levels, chemical and physical constitution, and abundance of organisms, by discharging, emitting or depositing wastes or substances so as to affect any beneficial use adversely, to cause a condition which is hazardous or potentially hazardous to public health, safety or welfare, or to animals, birds, wildlife, fish or aquatic life, or to plants.  3, record 3, English, - pollution

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dégradation d'un milieu par l'introduction, directe ou indirecte, d'une substance ou d'un facteur physique, chimique ou biologique qui entraîne une nuisance ou une altération de l'environnement de ce milieu.  4, record 3, French, - pollution

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Pollution de l'air, pollution des eaux, pollution des sols.  4, record 3, French, - pollution

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 PHR

Pollution atomique, pollution atmosphérique, pollution nucléaire, pollution thermique.  4, record 3, French, - pollution

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 PHR

Lutte contre la pollution.  4, record 3, French, - pollution

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Presencia de sustancias ajenas a los componentes normales del medio ambiente.  4, record 3, Spanish, - contaminaci%C3%B3n%20ambiental

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

polución: término de origen inglés-americano-francés para expresar la contaminación ambiental.  4, record 3, Spanish, - contaminaci%C3%B3n%20ambiental