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Legacy Pollution

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015574

Chemicals that remain in the environment long after they were first introduced. Often, these chemicals were not recognized as harmful when they were originally used. Examples of legacy pollutants include PCBs and heavy metals, such as lead and mercury.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015574
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesRecommendations for Integrating Environmental Justice into the EPA's Research Enterprise June 30, 2014 A Report of Recommendations of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council A federal advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-02/documents/nejac-research-recommendations-2014.pdf
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015574",
  "term": "Legacy Pollution",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Chemicals that remain in the environment long after they were first introduced. Often, these chemicals were not recognized as harmful when they were originally used. Examples of legacy pollutants include PCBs and heavy metals, such as lead and mercury.",
  "references": [
    "Recommendations for Integrating Environmental Justice into the EPA's Research Enterprise June 30, 2014 A Report of Recommendations of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council A federal advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-02/documents/nejac-research-recommendations-2014.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/legacy-pollution/"
}

Record 15,574 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.