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48:
44:
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30:
19:
1310:Point source
1252:Heavy metals
1226:Urban runoff
1206:Sulfur water
1184:Septic tanks
1030:Agent Orange
884:Mining waste
710:Manure waste
540:Volcanic ash
416:Black carbon
372:Oil refining
357:Particulates
286:Construction
132:
120:
71:
64:
60:
52:
49:
45:
28:
26:
1280:Area source
1189:Pit latrine
1112:Groundwater
869:Gold mining
864:Coal mining
835:Toxic waste
800:Green waste
773:Brown waste
756:Solid waste
303:Exhaust gas
1490:Categories
1432:by country
1428:Categories
1366:Zero waste
1247:Pollutants
1201:Stagnation
1139:Monitoring
1107:Freshwater
983:Air travel
795:Food waste
715:Pesticides
705:Herbicides
609:Industrial
438:Biological
298:Demolition
291:Renovation
274:Joss paper
259:Combustion
179:(Protocol)
112:References
86:Kazakhstan
82:Azerbaijan
1324:Responses
1295:Garbology
1221:Turbidity
1169:Oil spill
1102:Firewater
1003:Vandalism
965:Satellite
662:Poisoning
657:Plutonium
637:Actinides
629:Radiation
377:Wood dust
239:Acid rain
214:Pollution
1412:Treaties
1384:Diseases
1196:Shipping
1092:Diseases
940:Landfill
615:Abstract
612:Military
545:Wildfire
394:Smelting
362:Asbestos
173:Archived
161:Archived
100:See also
92:and the
37:Helsinki
1441:Commons
1216:Thermal
1117:Hypoxia
901:Garbage
672:Uranium
523:Natural
472:Digital
404:Aerosol
382:Welding
269:Biomass
264:Biofuel
223:History
78:Armenia
67:Ukraine
41:Finland
1305:Midden
1285:Debris
1240:Topics
1179:Sewage
1132:debris
1127:Marine
975:Visual
859:Mining
854:Litter
347:Mining
90:Canada
74:Russia
1376:Lists
1315:Waste
1257:Paint
1074:Water
957:Space
598:Sonar
593:Urban
571:Water
555:Noise
530:Ozone
497:Light
428:Waste
320:Smoke
31:is a
1290:Dust
1273:Misc
692:Soil
581:Rail
567:Land
411:Soot
399:Smog
315:Haze
84:and
27:The
1401:2.5
1013:War
576:Air
231:Air
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