• Cumulative effects, also referred to as cumulative environmental effects and cumulative impacts, can be defined as changes to the environment caused by...
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    indirectly by humans. Modifying the environment to fit the needs of society (as in the built environment) is causing severe effects including global warming, environmental...
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    agrochemicals, such as fertilizers, can also have negative effects on the environment. The negative effects of pesticides are not just in the area of application...
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    their wide distribution in the environment; raising concerns over their potential effects on human health and the environment. Naturally occurring heavy metals...
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    diffuse. An example is agricultural runoff. Pollution is the result of the cumulative effect over time. Pollution may take many forms. One would is toxic substances...
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    Cumulative voting (sometimes called the single divisible vote) is a variant on the single non-transferable vote (SNTV), which differs in that it permits...
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    the United States National Research Council recommended that the cumulative effects of phthalates and other antiandrogens be investigated. It criticized...
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    Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an...
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    compilations, as well as the European Environment Agency. An air pollutant is a material in the air that can have many effects on humans and the ecosystem. The...
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    condition. Even though the environmental effects are usually listed individually there are also cumulative effects. The synergetic consequences of transport...
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  • then understand more about the roles of genetic effects, shared environment, and unique environment in shaping behavior. Modern twin studies have concluded...
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  • The health effects of radon are harmful, and include an increased chance of lung cancer. Radon is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble...
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    et al., published in the scientific journal Atmospheric Environment estimated the cumulative radiative forcing effect of aviation as 55 mW/m2, which is...
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    List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions (category Environment-related lists by country)
    2022 CO2 emissions per capita, 2022 Cumulative CO2 emissions by region Climate change portal Ecology portal Environment portal Energy portal List of countries...
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    Climate change is having major effects on the Chinese economy, society and the environment. China is the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, through...
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    The effects of war are widely spread and can be long-term or short-term. Soldiers experience war differently than civilians. Although both suffer in times...
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    different selections of the full data set. Variations include: simple, cumulative, or weighted forms. Mathematically, a moving average is a type of convolution...
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    achieve or maintain a healthy environment and a healthy economy; and (i) to encourage the study of the cumulative effects of physical activities in a region...
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    Clearinghouse Noise effects. Beyond annoyance World Health Organization – Guidelines for Community Noise The effects of noisy urban environment may cause the...
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  • gas R32 Contact with acids liberates very toxic gas R33 Danger of cumulative effects R34 Causes burns R35 Causes severe burns R36 Irritating to eyes R37...
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    occurs in a feedback loop which exacerbates the effects of a small disturbance. That is, the effects of a perturbation on a system include an increase...
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    decrease in fitness. Effects were attributed to radiation exposure and elevated teratogenic effects of radioactive isotopes in the environment. Smith et al....
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  • Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (category Environment of Canada)
    CEAA defines Cumulative Effects Assessment as "[a]n assessment of the incremental effects of an action on the environment when the effects are combined...
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    the effects of the high altitude environment include oxygen enrichment of breathing air and/or an increase of pressure in an enclosed environment. Other...
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    The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113[clarification needed] different cannabinoids...
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  • Östh, John (2015-01-01). "Cumulative exposure to disadvantage and the intergenerational transmission of neighbourhood effects". Journal of Economic Geography...
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    exposure. Although age-related health effects (presbycusis) occur naturally with age, in many countries the cumulative impact of noise is sufficient to impair...
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    Linear no-threshold model (category Radiation health effects)
    is harmful, regardless of how low the dose is, and that the effect is cumulative over lifetime. The LNT model is commonly used by regulatory bodies as...
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  • adulthood. However, poor prenatal environment, malnutrition and disease are known to have lifelong deleterious effects. Although IQ differences between...
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    two nitrogen atoms, five carbon atom and the maximum possible number of cumulative double bonds. The "benzo" prefix indicates the benzene ring fused onto...
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