Plastic, pollution source

This is not to say that miasmas and plastic pollution are synonymous. Miasmas are local, while plastic pollution is global. Miasmas often came from natural sources such as swamps and manure, while plastic pollution is a synthetic chemical tied into an industrial economy dominated by multinational corporations. The influence model does not address the power dynamics, the extreme longevity or the industrial-consumer sources characteristic of plastic pollution that must be taken into account when... 

Occupational and environmental exposure to chemicals can take place both indoors and outdoors. Occupational exposure is caused by the chemicals that are used and produced indoors in industrial plants, whereas nonoccupa-tional (and occupational nonindustrial) indoor exposure is mainly caused by products. Toluene in printing plants and styrene in the reinforced plastic industry are typical examples of the two types of industrial occupational exposures. Products containing styrene polymers may release the styrene monomer into indoor air in the nonindustrial environment for a long time. Formaldehyde is another typical indoor pollutant. The source of formaldehyde is the resins used in the production process. During accidents, occupational and environmental exposures may occur simultaneously. Years ago, dioxin was formed as a byproduct of production of phenoxy acid herbicides. An explosion in a factory in... 

Compounds containing sulfur and cyanide become a potential source of air pollution when treated with this system. A caustic scrubber may be required to capture the combustion products of these compounds if sulfur and cyanide levels are high enough to exceed health and safety or applicable air quality standards. Metals that are not particularly volatile are not likely to be treated effectively by the TDS. Plastic materials are not recommended for treatment since their decomposition products could cause plugging or foul surfaces. 

A large fraction of the chemical industry worldwide is devoted to polymer manufacture, which is very important in the area of hazardous wastes, as a source of environmental pollutants, in toxicology, and in the manufacture of materials used to alleviate environmental and waste problems. Synthetic polymers are produced when small molecules called monomers bond together to form a much smaller number of very large molecules. Many natural products are polymers for example, cellulose in wood, paper, and many other materials is a polymer of the sugar glucose. Synthetic polymers form the basis of many industries, such as rubber, plastics, and textiles manufacture. 

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