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secondary pollutants

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005688

Any pollutant that is formed by atmospheric reactions of precursor or primary emissions. An example of a secondary pollutant is ground-level ozone, which forms from chemical reactions involving airborne nitrogen oxides, airborne volatile organic compounds, and sunlight.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005688
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsopollutants
TranslationsSpanish: contaminantes secundarios
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005688",
  "term": "secondary pollutants",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Any pollutant that is formed by atmospheric reactions of precursor or primary emissions. An example of a secondary pollutant is ground-level ozone, which forms from chemical reactions involving airborne nitrogen oxides, airborne volatile organic compounds, and sunlight.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "pollutants"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "contaminantes secundarios"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/secondary-pollutants/"
}

Record 5,688 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.