Pollutants

Basics

• This Page aims to Lay Out All the Chemical Pollutants (ie not Light Pollution , RF Signal Noise/Pollution etc
• This is to help mitigate them

List

Environmental Persistent Pharmaceutical Pollutants

• Can be problematic with some Composting Toilet Systems

Elements

• Heavy Metals
• Lead
• Mercury
• Ozone (if ground level, and in significant amounts)
• Radioactive Elements -and compounds
• Zinc

Indirect

• On their own, they do not cause issues, but they can effect other systems:
• CFCs banned in most use cases, react with the ozone layer making ozone generation slower, leading to ozone depletion
• CO2 directly inert, leads to Clcimate Change in large volumes, over long periods of time
  • Same thing with other Greenhouse Gasses

Conventional pollutants

• A USA System for Water Pollution
• Conventional Pollutant
• Mainly PH, Biochemical Oxygen Demand
• Total Suspended Solids

Microganism

• Not too major, but water pollution with microorganism (parasites, ecoli...)
• Also medical / biological science waste

Nutrient Pollution

• Excessive fertilizer and runoff
• Can lead to (sometimes toxic) Algae Blooms and/or Red Tides

Methyl tert-butyl ether

• MTBE

Persistent Organic Pollutants

• Atmospheric Particulate Matter

Radioactive Waste

• Some are in the elements section
• Some ores/ Tailings can be concentrated with reactive elements/compounds
• Equipment Exposed to Ionizing Radiation may become low level radioactive waste
• Various Radioactive Tracers
• Pharmecuticals used for Radiothearapy

Internal Links

• Diesel Exhaust Pollutants

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Pollutants
• The Wikipedia Page on Pollution
• The Wikipedia Page on the National Ambient Air Quality Standards -a usa air quality system