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Q8: What is the role of chemistry in waste management?A8:English: Chemistry plays a role in waste management by developing methods for recycling, treating hazardous waste, and designing biodegradable materials. It helps in converting waste into useful products and reducing environmental impact.Chinese...
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Pollutants may be natural or anthropogenic. If something is anthropogenic, it originates from human activity. Volcanic ash, for example, is a natural pollutant, while fumes from vehicles are the result of human activity. Pollutants damage the land, water, and air. In other words, they damage ...
single room, a whole house or an industrial workspace. Air cleaners are employed in situations where the air typically becomes unhealthy due to smoke, pets or pollutants such as molds, or when a work situation would otherwise be dangerous to the human operator, as when working with hazardous ...
Hazardous. This refers to air quality of between 301 and 500 and is regarded as the most dangerous category of air quality. As such, all members of the general public are strongly advised to avoid exposure. To make the system even easier to use, every level is colour coded as well. ...
301-500: This is the hazardous category of air quality and serious health impacts such as breathing discomfort, suffocation, airway irritation, etc. may be experienced by all.Air Quality Index Parameters1. Particulate Matter (PM10 & PM2.5)...
Once the air is deemed "very unhealthy," the general public is at risk of experiencinghealth impacts, which range from a headache and fatigue to much more serious issues such as heart attack or stroke. At "hazardous" levels, the region is experiencing an air quality emergency. Those with ch...
The AirVisual Series monitors AQI using PM2.5 measurements as the determinant for AQI readings because PM2.5 is widely available and considered the most hazardous air pollutant impacting human health.6,7,8 PM2.5 is measured by micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3). According to the U.S. EPA...
Octanal is widespread distributed in the environment and represents an indoor air pollutant. Octanal has fat, soap, lemon, and green aromas possessing an odour threshold of only 0.01 mg/L. It occurs in several citrus oils, e.g., orange oil. It is a colourless liquid with a pungent ...