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Gaseous air pollutants
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Gaseous wastes
Waste gases
Gaseous emissions
Noxious fumes
Airborne toxic and harmful agents
Incidence:
Agriculture is a diffuse source of gaseous emissions, such as methane and hydrogen sulphide.
Broader Problems:
Air pollution
Waste of resources
Airborne substances harmful to health
Narrower Problems:
Irritant fumes
Domestic emissions
Ozone as a pollutant
Smoke as a pollutant
Chemical air pollutants
Emissions from combustion engines
Industrial air emissions
Poisonous gases and vapours
Sulphur compounds as pollutants
Nitrogen oxides as air pollutants
Carbon monoxide as a health hazard
Methane gas emissions from landfill sites
Methane gas emissions from animal husbandry
Aggravates:
Badly laid out work premises
Increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
Strategies:
Marketing compost
Monitoring air quality
Removing noxious fumes
Protecting from fumes
Producing gases
Reducing gaseous air pollutants
Reducing amount of waste gases
Monitoring gaseous emissions
Protecting against toxic and harmful agents
Values:
Emissions
Harm
Noxious
Pollution
Toxicity
Wastage
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Subject(s):
Gaseous state
Meteorology
Agencies, dealers
Hazards
Pollution
Waste
Effluent
Poison
Date of last update
31.05.2001 – 00:00 CEST