Additionally, plants are able to augment water supplies and reduce releases of
harmful pollutants into the environment.
Not exact matches
Breathing in
pollutants released
into the air isn't healthy for developing lungs, but a new study says it's
harmful for developing brains too.
Harmful gaseous
pollutants in the form of volatile organic compounds are often released
into the air when chemicals are used, for example in cleaning products.
From a human perspective, depending on the particular process, they are either beneficial — e.g. if they break down
pollutants or convert nutrients
into energy — or
harmful, especially if they cause diseases.
Toxins are potentially
harmful substances we come
into contact with every day — from pesticides on your produce,
pollutants in the air, unpronounceable ingredients in processed foods, cleaning products, and even heavy metals like mercury and arsenic in the soil, just to name a few.
As you may already know, the catalytic converter converts toxic exhaust gases
into less
harmful pollutants...
The EVAP system reduces
harmful pollutants, generated by the engine combustion process, from being expelled
into the environment.
Traditional gas - fired forced air and oil - burning heating systems operate through an antiquated combustion process that emit
harmful pollutants and exhaust
into the environment.
Like all wood - lands, it also sequesters carbon and other
harmful pollutants, and collects and purifies water that filters
into the ground to recharge the local aquifer, a community's prime source of drinking water.
Air quality can vary a lot depending on where you are, if you live in a really polluted area but the closest air monitoring station isn't nearby, you might be fooled
into thinking that you are not exposed to
harmful pollutants when in fact you are (or vice versa).