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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Water Pollution > Non-Point Source Pollution
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Water Pollution > Non-Point Source Pollution
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Water Pollution > Non-Point Source Pollution

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Non-Point Source Pollution  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Nonpoint Source Pollution
  • Pollution, Nonpoint Source
  • Source Pollution, Nonpoint

Scope note

  • Water pollution from a variety of diffuse sources carried over or through the ground and into water sources such as LAKES; RIVERS; WETLANDS; coastal waters; and GROUNDWATER. Such diffuse sources include roadways and parking lots (GASOLINE; HEAVY METALS; and motor oil), lawns or agricultural land (excess FERTILIZERS, livestock excrement, and PESTICIDES), landfill seepage, and construction sites (chemicals and trash used in construction processes).

History note

  • 2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000075602

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