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Abstract
The problem of acidic deposition and its possible effects on habitats, organisms, materials, and human health has been recognized for centuries. Earliest accounts date to Cicero (about 100 B.C.), who linked structural damage to buildings and statues in Rome to the smokey rains of wood and charcoal burning.3 Based on estimated of human demographics and centers of population, problems caused by acidic deposition may extend back to 400 to 500 B.C., but were not fully manifested until the mid-1800s with the rise of the Industrial revolution. the term "acid rain" was apparently first coined by R.A. Smith in 1972.4
Publication type | Book chapter |
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Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
Title | Acidic deposition: A review of biological effects |
Chapter | 14 |
ISBN | 0873715853 |
Year Published | 1995 |
Language | English |
Publisher | Lewis Publishers |
Publisher location | Boca Raton, FL |
Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
Description | 29 p. |
Larger Work Type | Book |
Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
Larger Work Title | Handbook of ecotoxicology |
First page | 301 |
Last page | 329 |
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