"Acid Rain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Acidic water usually pH 2.5 to 4.5, which poisons the ecosystem and adversely affects plants, fishes, and mammals. It is caused by industrial pollutants, mainly sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted into the atmosphere and returning to earth in the form of acidic rain water.
| Descriptor ID |
D015258
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.050 G16.500.240.135.859.050 G16.500.275.063.725.395.050 G16.500.750.775.450.050 N06.230.300.100.725.450.050 N06.230.520.050 N06.850.460.790.410.050
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| Concept/Terms |
Acid Rain- Acid Rain
- Rain, Acid
- Acid Rains
- Rains, Acid
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