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Identify pollutant to the atmosphere

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

According to the dictionary, "Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms." But, it is generally thought that pollution is man-made additives to the atmosphere.

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