Air Pollution Episode
A period of abnormally high concentration of air pollutants, often due to low winds and temperature inversion, that can cause illness and death. (See episode, pollution.)
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Episode (Pollution)
An air pollution incident in a given area caused by a concentration of atmospheric pollutants under meteorological conditions that may result in a significant increase in illnesses or deaths.
O ozone episode
Definition (english only)
A period of usually a few days up to 2-3 weeks with high ozone concentrations, characterised by daily exceedances of the thresholds set to protect human health.
El Niño:Spanish for "the Christ child," this is an extraordinarily strong episode (occurring every two to seven years) of the annual warming of the Pacific waters off the coast of Peru and Ecuador.
Temperature Inversion - One of the weather conditions that are often associated with serious smog episodes in some portions of the country.
Troubled Waters: Episode and web site from National Geographic/PBS's "Strange Days on Planet Earth"
Water Pollution and Society
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A layer of warm air that prevents the rise of cooling air and traps pollutants beneath it; can cause an air pollution episode.
Ion
An electrically charged atom or group of atoms.
The disease can be transmitted through ingestion of drinking water, person-to-person contact, or other pathways, and can cause acute diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, fever, and can be fatal as it was in the Milwaukee episode.
have experienced death tolls as a result of smog air pollution. Smog can create or exacerbate health conditions. For instance, asthmatics and people with lung conditions or allergies can suffer worsening symptoms during the height of a smog episode.
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