Acid rain erodes business profits, too
Evidence is mounting that acid rain may be more expensive, in the long run, than even the most sophisticated, costly pollution control. Unabated, the pollution will have increasingly devastating economic effects. It is difficult to quantify acid rain's economically damaging effects, since they vary considerably with soil quality. Well-buffered soils can tolerate greater quantities of acidic precipitation than can those not well-buffered. Unfortunately, some of the most susceptible areas of the country are also most dependent on agricultural ore recreational business for economic survival. Economically damaging effects vary: they can be either short- or long-term; reversible or irreversible. A partial list might include crop damage, long-term effects on forest growth, fisheries losses, long-term declines in property values on acidified lakes, effects on recreational industries in acid-sensitive areas, and costs incurred by having to treat chemically altered groundwater.
- OSTI ID:
- 5231101
- Journal Information:
- BioScience; (United States), Vol. 30:11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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