Air pollution means big dollar losses to growers
Journal Article
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· Am. Veg. Grow.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5262506
Agricultural losses up to $500 million per year are being caused by increasing air pollution levels. In New Jersey, air pollution injuries over 57 different crops, with leafy vegetables such as lettuce and spinach being hardest hit. Air pollution has become the worst single problem in northern Jersey. The Connecticut cigar wrapper industry is threatened by pollution; $5 million worth of tobacco was destroyed in one weekend. The entire truck farming economy is threaten or destroyed around Los Angeles. And in New York and Delaware, where major vegetable areas are located close to big industrial centers, it's the same story - air pollution is destroying crops and running up big dollar losses to growers. One of the major concerns today of government, industry, and the private citizen is environmental quality. The tonnage of air pollutants released into the air now is 133 million tons annually. Agricultural scientists also are alarmed with the increasing rate of air pollution emission that is causing detrimental changes in the agricultural ecology.
- OSTI ID:
- 5262506
- Journal Information:
- Am. Veg. Grow.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Veg. Grow.; (United States) Vol. 18:8; ISSN AMVGA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AGRICULTURE
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
ESTERS
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
INORGANIC ACIDS
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSFER
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID ESTERS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PEROXYACETYL NITRATE
PLANTS
POLLUTION
SENSITIVITY
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
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560303* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Plants-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGRICULTURE
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
ESTERS
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
INORGANIC ACIDS
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSFER
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID ESTERS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PEROXYACETYL NITRATE
PLANTS
POLLUTION
SENSITIVITY
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES