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| Acid Rain | rain made acid by pollutants, particularly oxides of sulfur and nitrogen
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| Air Quality Standards | one way some countries try to control air pollution
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| atmospheric inversion | warmer air is found above cooler air
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| Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 | regulations by U.S> Congress that addresses acid rain, toxic emissions, ozone depletion, and automobile exhaust,
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| what did the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 do? | established limits on maximum permissible emissions of sulfur dioxide from utility companies
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| coal gasification | converts coal with high sulfur to a gas in order to remove the sulfur
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| lead | heavy metal found in car batteries and other industrial products, toxic and capable of causing environmental disruption
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| mobile sources | source of air pollutants that moves from place to place while emitting pollutants
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| photochemical smog | L.A. type of smog or brown air
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| sulfurous smog | London smog or gray air
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| primary pollutants | emitted directly into the air
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| scrubbing secondary pollutants | treating area with lime where pollutants were emitted due to a chemical reaction between multiple primary pollutants
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| smog | mixture of smoke and fog, unhealthy urban air
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