Sentences with phrase «toxic air contaminant»
The state declared endosulfan a toxic air contaminant in 2008, which triggered efforts to reduce people's exposure.
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Chemicals and toxic metals accumulate in the body from exposure to contaminated air, water, food, VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds), beverages and environmental contaminants.
«Even if all individual contaminants in the air had been below permissible federal safety levels, there is yet another troubling concern for many scientists, what some call the unknown synergistic effect of exposure to even low levels of a variety of toxic substances at one time.
According to Frederica Perrera, a professor and director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, there has been a notable increase in development problems in children worldwide that parallels the increase in toxic contaminants in water, air, soil, and consumer goods, as well as the mounting effects of global warming.
The regulation of CFC's is like the regulation of contaminants such as lead, arsenic etc in drinking water or toxic air emissions.