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Emerging Contaminant

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-009313

Any synthetic or naturally occurring chemical or any microorganism that is not commonly monitored in the environment but has the potential to enter the environment and cause known or suspected adverse ecological and(or) human health effects.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-009313
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesUSGS Emerging Contaminants In the Environment at http://toxics.usgs.gov/regional/emc/
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009313",
  "term": "Emerging Contaminant",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Any synthetic or naturally occurring chemical or any microorganism that is not commonly monitored in the environment but has the potential to enter the environment and cause known or suspected adverse ecological and(or) human health effects.",
  "references": [
    "USGS Emerging Contaminants In the Environment at http://toxics.usgs.gov/regional/emc/"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/emerging-contaminant/"
}

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