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An Air Monitoring is (See: monitoring.

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An Air Padding is Pumping dry air into a Container to assist with the withdrawal of liquid or to force a liquefied gas such as chlorine out of the container.

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An Air Passages is Openings through or within walls, through floors and ceilings, and around chimney flues and plumbing chases, that permit air to move out of the conditioned spaces of the building.

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An Air Permeability is Permeability of soil with respect to air. Important to the design of soil-gas surveys. Measured in darcys or centimeters-per-second.

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An Air Plenum is any space used to convey air in a building, furnace, or structure. The space above a suspended ceiling is often used as an Air Plenum.

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Deutsch: Luftschadstoffe / Español: Contaminante del aire / Português: Poluente do ar / Français: Polluant atmosphérique / Italiano: Inquinante atmosferico /

An Air Pollutant is any substance in air that could, in high enough concentration, harm man, other animals, vegetation, or material. Pollutants may include almost any natural or artificial composition of airborne Matter capable of being airborne.

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Deutsch: Luftverschmutzung / Español: Contaminación del aire / Português: Poluição do ar / Français: Pollution de l'air / Italiano: Inquinamento dell'aria /

Air Pollution is the presence of contaminants or Pollutant substances in the air that interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful Environmental effects.

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- Air Pollution Control Device : An Air Pollution Control Device is Mechanism or equipment that cleans Emissions generated by a source (e.g. an incinerator, industrial Smokestack, or an automobile exhaust system) by

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- Air Pollution Episode : An Air Pollution Episode is a period of abnormally high Concentration of air pollutants, often due to low winds and temperature inversion, that can cause illness and death.

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Deutsch: Luftverschmutzungsexposition / Español: Exposición a la contaminación del aire / Português: Exposição à poluição do ar / Français: Exposition à la pollution de l’air / Italiano: Esposizione all’inquinamento atmosferico

Air pollution exposure in the environment context refers to the contact or interaction between individuals, communities, or ecosystems and polluted air. It involves inhaling or being surrounded by air that contains harmful substances such as particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), ozone (O₃), carbon monoxide (CO), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

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