NITRATE POLLUTION
\nˈa͡ɪtɹe͡ɪt pəlˈuːʃən], \nˈaɪtɹeɪt pəlˈuːʃən], \n_ˈaɪ_t_ɹ_eɪ_t p_ə_l_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
Excessive nitrates amounts washed out from inorganic fertilizers cause water contamination. These are the most commonly sold and used fertilizers. Suspected in infant blood poisoning and stomach cancer in older persons, these compounds cause eutrophication.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).