COMMUNITY AIR POLLUTION (continued) 



Agents, pollutants 



Definite Effects 



Possible Effects 



Ethylene 

 Asbestos 



Chlorinated hydrocarbon 

 pesticides 



Organo-phosphorus pesticides 



Other odorous compounds 

 Hydrothermal pollutants 



Beryllium 



Air-borne microorganisms 



43. (Damages vegetation and hastens 

 ripening of fruit) 



44. Produces pleural calcification* 



45. Malignant mesothelioma, asbestosis* 



47. Stored in body, mostly from milk 

 and animal fats 



48. (Ecological damage) 



50. Acute fatality 



51. Acute illness 



52. Impair cholinesterase 



54. Sensory irritation 



56. (Can influence local climate and 

 interfere with visibility) 



58. Berylliosis with pulmonary impairment 



59. Air-borne infections 



46. Contributes to chronic pulmonary 

 disease (asbestosis and lung cancer) 



49. Impairment of learning and 

 reproduction 



53. Impairment of general health, and 

 of adaptation 



55. Headache and sinus affections 



57. (Influence on action of hydroscopic 

 pollutants) 



* These effects have been shown to occur in the vicinity of mining and processing operations. General community exposure may cause these 

 effects, but this has not definitely been proven. 



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