Glossary B

The Environmental Glossary. Letter B +++ Popular Articles: 'Biodiversity', 'Bird', 'Balance'

A BEN is EPA's computer model for analyzing a violator's economic gain from not complying with the law.

Bench-scale Tests are Laboratory testing of potential Cleanup technologies (See: treatability studies.)

beneficial uses are desirable uses that water quality should support. Examples are drinking water supply, primary contact recreation (such as swimming), and Aquatic life support.

Benefit-Cost Analysis are an economic method for assessing the benefits and costs of achieving alternative health-based standards at given levels of health protection.

A Benthic is Bottom-dwelling. The plant and animal life whose habitat is the bottom of a sea, lake, or river.

Benthic marcroinvertebrates are see benthos.

Benthic /Benthos are an Organism that feeds on the sediment at the bottom of a water body such as an ocean, lake, or river.

A Bentonite is a colloidal clay, expansible when moist, commonly used to provide a tight seal around a Well casing.

Deutsch: Benzol / Español: Benceno / Português: Benzeno / Français: Benzène / Italiano: Benzene

Benzene is a highly toxic chemical compound (C₆H₆) that is widely used in industrial processes but is a significant environmental pollutant due to its harmful effects on air, water, and soil quality. It is a volatile organic compound (VOC) that is commonly released into the environment through industrial emissions, vehicle exhaust, and the combustion of fossil fuels. Benzene is considered a major concern for human health and ecosystems, as it is both carcinogenic and persistent in the environment.

A Berlin Mandate is a ruling negotiated at the first Conference of the Parties (COP 1), which took place in March, 1995, concluding that the present commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are not adequate.

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