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Flow pollutant

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-011306

A pollutant for which the environment has some absorptive capacity. It does not accumulate in the environment as long as its emission rate does not exceed the absorptive capacity of the environment. Animal and human wastes are examples of flow pollutants.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-011306
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental
ReferencesPreparing Economic Analyses Glossary; Economic Analyses Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011306",
  "term": "Flow pollutant",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A pollutant for which the environment has some absorptive capacity. It does not accumulate in the environment as long as its emission rate does not exceed the absorptive capacity of the environment. Animal and human wastes are examples of flow pollutants.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Preparing Economic Analyses Glossary; Economic Analyses Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/flow-pollutant/"
}

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