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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
Removal of large solids, oils, fat and other material from sewage so as to protect waste-water treatment facilities engaged in further treatment.
Industry:Environment
State of environmental conditions in environmental media, expressed in terms of indicators or indices related to environmental quality standards.
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Capacity of aqueous media to react with hydroxyl ions. Alkalinity is the factor representing the acid-neutralizing capacity of an aqueous system.
Industry:Environment
Emissions from cars and other vehicular traffic consisting chiefly of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, unburnt gasoline, carbon dioxide and lead.
Industry:Environment
Final biochemical reduction stage in sewage treatment in which organic matter is broken down and stabilized by bacteria and other micro-organisms.
Industry:Environment
Gaseous, solid or dissolved compounds containing fluorine that result from industrial processes. Excessive amounts in food can lead to fluorosis.
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Mixture of organic garbage and degradable trash with soil, in which bacteria in the soil break down the garbage and trash into organic fertilizer.
Industry:Environment
Ozone present as a secondary pollutant in the lower atmosphere, where its formation can be enhanced by other pollutants. It is highly toxic at levels above 0.1 parts per million (p.p.m.). See also ozone.
Industry:Environment
Underground geologic formation, or group of formations, containing groundwater that can supply wells and springs. See also groundwater reservoir.
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Revised (1993) system adopted worldwide for conventional economic (national) accounting (Commission of the European Communities and others, 1993).
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