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primary pollutants

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005165

Any pollutant that is emitted into the atmosphere directly from its source and that retains the same chemical form. An example of a primary pollutant is dust that blows into the air from a landfill.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005165
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsopollutants
TranslationsSpanish: contaminantes primarios
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005165",
  "term": "primary pollutants",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Any pollutant that is emitted into the atmosphere directly from its source and that retains the same chemical form. An example of a primary pollutant is dust that blows into the air from a landfill.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "pollutants"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "contaminantes primarios"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/primary-pollutants/"
}

Record 5,165 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.