Pollutant

{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-002601",
  "term": "Pollutant",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definitions": [
    "Any solid, liquid, gaseous, or thermal irritant or contaminant, including smoke, vapor, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals, and waste. In insurance, the definition is broad and is central to pollution exclusion clauses found in many liability and property policies. These exclusions restrict or eliminate coverage for bodily injury or property damage arising from the discharge, dispersal, seepage, migration, release, or escape of pollutants.",
    "Substances that include, but are not limited to, any solid, liquid, gaseous or thermal irritant or contaminant, including smoke, vapor, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals and waste. \"Waste\" includes, but is not limited to, materials to be recycled, reconditioned or reclaimed."
  ],
  "subject": "National Flood Insurance Program",
  "references": [
    "FloodSmart Flood Insurance Glossary",
    "FEMA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/pollutant/"
}