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Water Pollution (WATER POLLUTANTS: VOC’S (contaminant in
groundwater,…
Water Pollution
WATER POLLUTANTS: VOC’S
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Solvents used in industry, either known or suspected to be carcinogens or mutagens
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Ground water very high due
to leaching through soils (Love Canal, Hickley)
Central nervous system
damage, liver damage, kidney damage
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WATER POLLUTANTS: SALTS
Naturally accumulated
Soils and rocks
Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium
Salinity:
Total Dissolved Solids (mg/l)
Fresh < 1500
1500 < Brackish < 5000
Saline > 5000
30000< Seawater < 34000
Drinking water < 500
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