Air pollution damages trees

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:6498800

Damage to trees as a result of exposure to air pollution has become a real problem in the US. Approximately 125 million tons of air pollutants are emitted into the air every year. Historical reviews concerning air pollution injury to vegetation have been presented. The major pollutants are discussed according to their sources and their effects on trees. They include: sulfur dioxide, oxidants (ozone and peroxyacetyl nitrate), fluorides, ethylene, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, chloride and hydrogen chloride, and particulates. Factors such as temperature extremes, nutrient or water imbalance, organisms, and interactions of pollutants may, under certain conditions, cause an injury which resembles that usually associated with a given pollutant. These factors should be identified and evaluated as they are often confused with air pollution injury. Cooperative activities including state, federal, educational and private groups are needed to gather information on pollution damage, and to plan measures for alleviating this damage.

• OSTI ID: 6498800
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
ALKENES
AMMONIA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ESTERS
ETHYLENE
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDRIDES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION NEEDS
INJURIES
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID ESTERS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PEROXYACETYL NITRATE
PLANTS
POLLUTION
REVIEWS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TREES