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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Complex Mixtures [D20] » Acid Rain
Phenomena and Processes [G] » Biological Phenomena [G16] » Ecological and Environmental Phenomena » Climatic Processes » Rain » Acid Rain
Phenomena and Processes [G] » Biological Phenomena [G16] » Ecological and Environmental Phenomena » Environment » Atmosphere » Weather » Rain » Acid Rain
Phenomena and Processes [G] » Biological Phenomena [G16] » Ecological and Environmental Phenomena » Meteorological Concepts » Weather » Rain » Acid Rain
Health Care [N] » Environment and Public Health [N06] » Environment » Meteorological Concepts » Atmosphere » Weather » Rain » Acid Rain
Health Care [N] » Environment and Public Health [N06] » Environment » Rain » Acid Rain
Health Care [N] » Environment and Public Health [N06] » Public Health » Environmental Pollution » Water Pollution » Water Pollution, Chemical » Acid Rain
Description
Acidic water usually pH 2.5 to 4.5, which poisons the ecosystem and adversely affects plants, fishes, and mammals. It is caused by industrial pollutants, mainly sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted into the atmosphere and returning to earth in the form of acidic rain water. MeSH
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