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industrial pollution
Introduction of harmful substances into the environment by manufacturing, power generation, mining, or material processing.
This category is also used for
PCBs
, with
petroleum
for
oil spills
, and
polychlorinated biphenyls
Subtopics
mine drainage
produced water
See also
PFAS
abandoned mines and quarries
coal ash
slag
solid industrial waste material
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