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Jerry A. Nathanson
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Professor of Engineering, Union County College, Cranford, New Jersey. Author of Basic Environmental Technology: Water Supply, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Control.

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The sun appears dim and hazy through thick air pollution over the Huangpu River in Shanghai, with city buildings and a cargo ship visible below.
Pollution, the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a rate faster than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or stored in some harmless form. The major kinds of pollution, usually…
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