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environmental pollutants

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environmental pollutants,
n.pl the substances and conditions, including noise, that adversely affect the health and well-being of the people within a community.


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A study published last week in a medical journal stated that pregnant women who are exposed to high levels of environmental pollutants can have children with lower IQs than youngsters whose mothers lived in less polluted surroundings.
The five-year study which followed the development of 249 children living in the densely populated areas of Harlem and the Bronx in New York showed that exposure to environmental pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) had an adverse affect on intelligence quotient.
The group is calling on the United Nations (UN), governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and others to join its campaign to clean Iraq of environmental pollutants.
 
 
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