WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1994
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BY FOR BEING
HENCE, THERE HAS BEEN LESS WASHING OUT OF DUST FROM THE AIR FALLING RAIN DROPS AND MORE SURFACE DUST HAS BEEN AVAILABLE BLOWN INTO THE AIR.
THE
AND GASES
PARTICLES
DESCRIBED
VARIOUS ORIGINATE FROM
CONTAIN SULPHUR ARE
SOURCES. SO2 IS MOSTLY PRODUCED WHEN FUELS THAT BURNED.
NOZ IS FORMED DURING COMBUSTION BY THE COMBINATION OF AND OXYGEN.
HOWEVER THE MAJORITY OF IT IS FORMED IN THE ATMOSPHERE OXIDATION OF NITRIC OXIDE (NO), ALSO A PRODUCT OF COMBUSTION.
NITROGEN
BY
THE
VEHICLE EXHAUSTS ARE IMPORTANT SOURCES OF NITRIC OXIDE AND IN TERMS OF IMPACT ON LOCAL AIR QUALITY.
THESE EXHAUSTS ARE ALSO A MAJOR SOURCE OF AIRBORNE MATTER, ESPECIALLY THE SMALLER RESPIRABLE PARTICLES.
PARTICLES
INCLUDE
INDUSTRY,
OTHER SOURCES OF BOILERS, CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, THE SEA AND THE SOIL.
NO2
PARTICULATE
FURNANCES AND
CLIMATE ALWAYS WAY
MAN-MADE
IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT WHILST THE WEATHER AND AFFECT THE CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS IN THE AIR, THE ONLY SURE OF REDUCING THE LEVELS SOURCES.
IS
TO REDUCE
EMISSIONS
FROM THE
NOTE TO EDITORS:
REPORT AND OTHER PROTECTION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY ISSUES, PLEASE CONTACT PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER MR RAYMOND LEUNG ON TEL 594 6401.
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THE
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"TAKE
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