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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Nickel as a pollutant

Nickel as a pollutant

  • Overexposure to nickel

Incidence

The current rate of emission of nickel into the atmosphere is 20 times more than the natural rate of 2.5 million tonnes per annum.

Broader

Environmental hazards from metals
Excellent
Toxic metal pollutants
Presentable

Narrower

Nickel allergy
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Nickel ore and concentrates shortage
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Emissions from combustion engines
Excellent
Insecticides as pollutants
Presentable
Industrial air emissions
Presentable

Value

Pollution
Yet to rate

Reference

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Water Quality Criteria for European Freshwater Fish: report on nickel and freshwater fish

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
E1315
DOCID
11513150
D7NID
139983
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/nickel-pollutant
Last update
Oct 4, 2020