Pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT is not helping the already poor soil quality in many parts of the country.

Pollution is also of concern.

The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, often abbreviated as Air Pollution or CLRTAP, is intended to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including long-range transboundary air pollution.

He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution ( 1970 ), The Ocean in Human Affairs ( 1989 ), Global Climate Change ( 1989 ), The Greenhouse Debate Continued ( 1992 ), and Hot Talk, Cold Science ( 1997 ).

Pollution is the adding-of / added light itself, in analogy to added sound, carbon dioxide, etc.

China is a party to the Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Climate Change treaty, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Endangered Species treaty, the Hazardous Wastes treaty, the Law of the Sea, the International Tropical Timber Agreements of 1983 and 1994, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, and agreements on Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, and Wetlands protection.

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of persistent organic pollutants ( POPs ) in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects.

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.

Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution.

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30 % is an agreement to provide for a 30 % reduction in sulphur emissions or transboundary fluxes by 1993.

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions is an agreement to provide for a further reduction in sulphur emissions or transboundary fluxes.

International agreements: Togo is party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution ( MARPOL 73 / 78 ), Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling

Vanuatu is party to a number of international agreements, including agreements on Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, and Ship Pollution.

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes is an agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects.

Pollution is the prime example most economists think of when discussing externalities.

The uniqueness of the Seychelles ' ecology is reflected in the US $ 1. 8 million project of the Global Environment Trust Fund of the World Bank ( see Glossary ) entitled Biodiversity Conservation and Marine Pollution Abatement, that began in 1993.

Brest is also an important research centre, mainly focused on the sea, with among others the largest Ifremer ( French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea ) centre, le Cedre ( Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution ) and the French Polar Institute.

Pollution of Lake Victoria is mainly due to discharge of raw sewage into the lake, dumping of domestic and industrial waste, and fertiliser and chemicals from farms.

Another of the major responsibilities of the Army Corps of Engineers is administering the permitting program under Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972.

Sewage treatment is provided by the San Jose / Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant a joint powers agency of which both districts are members.

Lorton is also the home to the Noman M. Cole, Jr., Pollution Control Plant.

Starting in 1999, the Ukrainian government has been collecting an ecological tax, officially known as Environmental Pollution Fee (), which is collected from all polluting entities, whether it's one-time or ongoing pollution and regardless of whether the polluting act was legal or illegal at the time.

Marpol 73 / 78 is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978.

In the United States, for example, the relevant implementation legislation is the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.

Since 1979 the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution has addressed some of the major environmental problems of the UNECE region through scientific collaboration and policy negotiation.

Pollution began to draw major public attention in the United States between the mid-1950s and early 1970s, when Congress passed the Noise Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Smog Pollution in Taiwan

Pollution of the water and of the riverbank is a major environmental issue in Córdoba.

Projects in the 1990 ’ s included a comprehensive asbestos management consultancy for the Housing Authority, producing drafting instructions for the Asbestos Regulations under the Air Pollution Control Amendment Bill, major environmental impact assessments relating to Port and Airport Developments, and a territory-wide study on Indoor Air Quality.

Pollution by urban and industrial waste is a major problem as a large amount of wastewater is released into the lagoon daily.

Pollution and traffic jams became major issues as urbanization in the country accelerated and more and more people began moving to Seoul and its surrounding areas.

Pollution has long been a problem in Lake Lugano.

He also helped draft the 1961 Indiana Air Pollution Control Act, the state's first attempt to reduce that problem.

Pollution of the River Loa, which flows through Calama is a problem which is being addressed but little has been reported.

In response the 1997 Southeast Asian haze, the ASEAN countries agreed on a Regional Haze Action Plan ( 1997 ) and later signed the Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution ( 2002 ) however the pollution is still a problem today.

Pollution and Human Impacts are: the Arani and Kalangi rivers carrying runoff from agricultural fields in the drainage basin cause increase in pollution load from fertilizers and pesticides into the lake ; pollution from domestic sewage being released to the lake ; Petrochemical complex, power plant and a satellite port on Ennore creek have further aggravated the problem ; there is threat of flooding of 14 island – villages of the lake ; subsequent to the Tsunami in 2004, the number of fishing boats have increased resulting in the ` Catch Per Unit Effort ' of fish, prawns and crabs declined from 1000 tonnes to about 700 tonnes ; and this has increased the social and fishing rights conflicts between marine based fishermen and the lagoon fishermen.

Pollution is a problem in this part of the river, as people from both countries discharge their waste into the canal.

A number of international treaties on the long range transport of atmospheric pollutants have been agreed for example, Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution.

In addition, certain appeal boards are given the statutory authority for contempt by them ( i. e. Residential Care Home, Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation, Air Pollution Control, etc .).

* Pollution insurance usually takes the form of first-party coverage for contamination of insured property either by external or on-site sources.

Torrence ( with Gene Brownell ) won a Grammy Award for " Album Cover of the Year ", for the group Pollution in 1973.

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes, opened for signature on 31 October 1988 and entered into force on 14 February 1991, was to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and their transboundary fluxes.

Conventions which used the Franc Poincaré included the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage.

Water related conventions are United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification ( UNCCD ), International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Ramsar Convention.

The efficiency of what later was to be called the " cap-and-trade " approach to air pollution abatement was first demonstrated in a series of micro-economic computer simulation studies between 1967 and 1970 for the National Air Pollution Control Administration ( predecessor to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation ) by Ellison Burton and William Sanjour.

The IMO has prepared numerous international conventions concerning maritime safety including the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ( SOLAS ), the Standards for Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping ( STCW ), the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea ( Collision Regulations or COLREGS ), Maritime Pollution Regulations ( MARPOL ), International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Convention ( IAMSAR ) and others.