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legacy pollution

pollution that is a result of a historical industry or previous use of a chemical
Class type of: pollution Q116854575

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
pollution type
Subclass of
pollution[2]
Facet of
brownfield land[14]
Has part(s)
persistent organic pollutant, tailings, abandoned mine, abandoned well, lead, arsenic, bromate ion, brominated flame retardant, dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, mercury, polychlorinated biphenyl[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Has parts
persistent organic pollutant, tailings, abandoned mine, abandoned well, lead, arsenic, bromate ion, brominated flame retardant, dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, mercury, polychlorinated biphenyl
🏷️ Also known as
en legacy pollutants en legacy pollution ar التلوث القديم ar تلوث موروث fr pollution héritée uk Історичне забруднення
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Abandoned oil well FWS 13536.jpg ↗
Described at URL
www.doi.gov, www.envirotech-online.com, www.pbs.org

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 9
lead, mercury, arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyl, dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, persistent organic pollutant, bromate ion, tailings +1 more
Facet of 1
brownfield land
Subclass of 1
pollution
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Summary

legacy pollution is a pollution type[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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