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Electromagnetic pollution

  • Electronic smog
  • Electronic noise
  • Intermittent electrical signals

Nature

Electronic smog occurs when electromagnetic waves from equipment like computers and electronic game machines or discharges of static electricity send signals to equipment causing it to malfunction.

Incidence

Such pollution has caused deaths and injuries. Airport radar screens have been jammed. Production line robots have functioned faultily. Roller coasters have crashed. Railway switches have malfunctioned and train doors have opened inadvertently. Computers can malfunction or lose their memories and their components damaged.

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Pollution
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Subject
Content quality
Presentable
 Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 4, 2020