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Pollutant

prefLabel	pollutant
definition	Any substance, usually a residue of human activity, which has an undesirable effect upon the environment.
topConceptOf	GEMET Vocabulary
related	emission
narrower	urban pollutant chemical pollutant non-biodegradable pollutant air pollutant food pollutant radioactive pollutant soil pollutant bioaccumulative pollutant biodegradable pollutant biological pollutant water pollutant pollutant behaviour effluent pollutant elimination noise pollutant micropollutant physical pollutant
inScheme	GEMET Vocabulary
Abstract from DBPedia	A pollutant or novel entity is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource. These can be both naturally forming (i.e. minerals or extracted compounds like oil) or anthropogenic in origin (i.e. manufactured materials or byproducts from biodegradation). Pollutants result in environmental pollution or become public health concerns when they reach a concentration high enough to have significant negative impacts. A pollutant may cause long- or short-term damage by changing the growth rate of plant or animal species, or by interfering with human amenities, comfort, health, or property values. Some pollutants are biodegradable and therefore will not persist in the environment in the long term. However, the degradation products of some pollutants are themselves polluting such as the products DDE and DDD produced from the degradation of DDT. Pollution has widespread negative impacts on the environment. When analyzed from a planetary boundaries perspective, human society has released novel entities that well exceed safe levels. (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Pollutant)