Properties of Pollution
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- Created on: 07-11-17 11:34
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- Properties Of Pollution
- Specificity
- The effects on different types of organisms
- Synergy
- Two pollutants combine to form something worse
- Bioaccumulate
- More is absorbed than excreted
- Solubility
- Water Soluble
- Can be transported through water systems
- Liposoluble
- Can travel through food chains
- Water Soluble
- Mobility
- A measure of how easily it is transported in the environment
- Persistent
- How long a pollutant takes to breakdown
- Mutagen
- A material or form of energy that causes chemical changes to DNA
- Carcinogen
- Causes body cells to reproduce uncontrollably
- Toxic
- How poisonous a pollutant is, what biological processes it can harm
- Teratogen
- Causes non-inherited birth abnormalities
- Specificity
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