Glossary C

The Environmental Glossary. Letter C +++ Popular Articles: 'Carbon', 'Characteristic', 'Concentration'

Deutsch: Kriterienluftschadstoffe / Español: Contaminantes del aire criterio / Português: Contaminantes do ar critérios / Français: Contaminants de l'air critères / Italiano: Contaminanti atmosferici criteri /

Criteria air contaminants (CACs) means Emissions of criteria air contaminants contribute to smog, poor air quality and acid rain.

A Criteria pollutant is a pollutant determined to be hazardous to human health and regulated under EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

Criteria Pollutants are the 1970 amendments to the Clean Air Act required EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards for certain pollutants known to be hazardous to human health.

A Critical Effect is the first adverse effect, or its known precursor, that occurs as a Dose Rate increases. Designation is based on evaluation of overall database.

A Critical Effect: is the first adverse effect, or its known precursor, that occurs to the most sensitive species as the Dose Rate of an Agent increases.

A critical mass is the minimum mass of fissionable material that will support a sustaining chain reaction.

Deutsch: Anbau / Español: Cultivo / Português: Cultivo / Français: Culture / Italiano: Coltivazione /

In the environmental context, "crop" refers to plants or agricultural products that are grown and harvested for food, fuel, or other uses. Crops play a critical role in global food security and can have significant environmental impacts, including habitat destruction, soil erosion, and pesticide pollution.

A Crop Consumptive Use is the amount of water transpired during plant growth plus what evaporated from the soil surface and foliage in the crop area.

A crop dusting is the application of pesticides to plants by a low-flying plane.

A Crop residue is Organic residue remaining after the harvesting and processing of a crop.

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