Pollution is an environmental issue in Canada. It has posed health risks to the Canadian population and is an area of concern for Canadian lawmakers. Air...
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detrimental to human health and the Earth. In Canada, air pollution is regulated by standards set by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment...
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Water pollution in Canada is generally local and regional in water-rich Canada, and most Canadians have "access to sufficient, affordable, and safe drinking...
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Environmental issues in Canada include impacts of climate change, air and water pollution, mining, logging, and the degradation of natural habitats. As...
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cause of mercury emission in the environment. Mercury pollution has become a sensitive issue in Canada for the past few decades and many steps have been taken...
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pollution long after the source of the pollution is stopped. Major forms of pollution include air pollution, water pollution, litter, noise pollution...
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Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans...
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been higher across the North and in the Prairies. In the southern regions of Canada, air pollution from both Canada and the United States—caused by metal...
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been higher across the North and in the Prairies. In the southern regions of Canada, air pollution from both Canada and the United States—caused by metal...
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Air pollution is a concern in British Columbia, Canada because of its effects on health and visibility. Air quality is influenced in British Columbia (BC)...
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Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses.: 6 It is usually a result of human...
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Plastic pollution Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment...
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America and the Government of Canada, hereinafter referred to as "the Parties", Convinced that transboundary air pollution can cause significant harm to...
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Low-impact development (LID) is a term used in Canada and the United States to describe a land planning and engineering design approach to manage stormwater...
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learned from Canada's Minamata incident: An Environmental analysis based on the case study of methylmercury pollution in northwestern Ontario, Canada" (PDF)...
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countries by air pollution sorts the countries of the world according to their average measured concentration of particulate matter (PM2.5) in micrograms per...
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reduce short-term exposure to air pollution by adjusting activity levels during increased levels of air pollution. The Air Quality Health Index also...
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is an act of the 36th Parliament of Canada, whose goal is to contribute to sustainable development through pollution prevention and to protect the environment...
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Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting. In a descriptive sense, the term light pollution refers...
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Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of which...
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Walkerton E. coli outbreak (category Water pollution in Canada)
of a contamination of the drinking water supply of Walkerton, Ontario, Canada, with E. coli and Campylobacter jejuni bacteria. The water supply was contaminated...
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Air quality index (redirect from Air pollution index)
national air quality standards. Some of these are Canada's Air Quality Health Index, Malaysia's Air Pollution Index, and Singapore's Pollutant Standards Index...
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Soil contamination (redirect from Soil pollution in India)
soil pollution, or land pollution as a part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or other alteration in the...
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particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind (an aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in homes...
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Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial, agricultural and residential waste, particles, noise, excess carbon...
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Mount Polley mine (category Water pollution in Canada)
Mount Polley mine is a Canadian gold and copper mine located in British Columbia near the towns of Williams Lake and Likely. It consists of two open-pit...
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Agricultural pollution refers to biotic and abiotic byproducts of farming practices that result in contamination or degradation of the environment and...
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MV Kurdistan (category Water pollution in Canada)
tanker built in 1973 for the American-Canadian trade. In 1979, she became stuck in ice and suffered a cataphoric structural failure, resulting in her bow sheering...
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wildfires in Canada, cities like New York and Washington DC suffered from dangerous air quality pollution. It was the worst regional air quality in decades...
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been higher across the North and in the Prairies. In the southern regions of Canada, air pollution from both Canada and the United States—caused by metal...
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