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Nickel as a pollutant
Name(s):
Overexposure to nickel
Incidence
The current rate of emission of nickel into the atmosphere is 20 times more than the natural rate of 2.5 million tonnes per annum.
Broader
Toxic metal pollutants
Environmental hazards from metals
Narrower
Nickel allergy
Aggravates
Nickel ore and concentrates shortage
Aggravated by
Emissions from combustion engines
Industrial air emissions
Insecticides as pollutants
Value(s)
Pollution
Reference(s)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Water Quality Criteria for European Freshwater Fish: report on nickel and freshwater fish
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems