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It's really not, for most things. What exactly would you call an oil spill or leaded gas fumes if not pollution?
by tsimionescu 3y ago
It's really not, for most things. What exactly would you call an oil spill or leaded gas fumes if not pollution?
- NewJazz 3y agoCertain substances are certainly clear cut. But consider, I dunno, salt? A little built of salt in the environment is normal. But a whole lot of it is pollution.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThat's more a quibble over dosage, though, than any subjective disagreement on "can too much salt be a pollutant?"
- crent 3y agoI’m no climate scientist but I would think it’s similar to toxicity/poisoning. You can die from water intoxication but certainly you need it to live as well. So no, I don’t think it’s subjective. It seems to me that if something is capable of causing harm in a certain amount, it’s poisonous/pollution/toxic.