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halogens, oaone, and tuWur compound*. l-u;*d corroded so rapidly as to I.*? difficult to intur.
-- pret while Iron wii shown to bo responsive primarily to relative humidity. Fair correlations
] were obtained with independent maaiurut of pollution level. Somu exploratory work wii done
en the measurement o/ the electrical resistance of the fiime.
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293 "Invisible Injury0 of Buh Beane by Atmospheric and Aqueous Fluoride*. H. G. Applegate
end 0. T, Adame. Intern. J. Air Poll."
231-248 (Oct. 19801.
Bush been*, j^haseolus vulgaris var, humills, when euhjuctcd to either gaseous fluo
ride or solutions containing fluoriJoThave abnormal oxygen uptake when compared with elmtlar
plante not subjected to fluoride. Plante given gaseous fluoride for 24 hour* prior to harvest
consistently had greeter oxygen uptake than their control counterparts. Plants given continuous
fluoride from time of germination had. with ths exception of a short period around the fifth day,
greater oxygen uptake than their control plants. Between the fourth and sixth days, continuously
fumigated plants had a lower oxygen uptoke than the unfumlgated control plants. There appeared
to be little difference in respirotion patterns between gaseous fluoride-mediated respiration and
aqueous fluoride-mediated respiration. This physiological disturbance induced by fluoride which
has been demonstrated is considered to be ar, example of "invisible injury", by classical de
finition.
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294 The Influence of Smeltc^ Fumes Upon the Chemical Composition of Lake Waters Near Sudbury. OntarioT and Upon the SurroundingJ^e^clMlon, E. Gorham and A, G. Gordon. Can.J. Botany 36, 477.467 (July 1900).
Analyses for sulfate, calcium, and pH have been made on surface waters from 102
lakes and ponds In the Sudbury metal-smelting district, and data are presented for 35 of these.
Sulfur pollution Is frequently high within S mile* of the 3 smeUora, many ponds exhibiting more
than 3 times the sulfate concentration normal for this area, and 3 waters more then 10 tlmee
this level. Outside about IS miles distance the influence of smelter pollution upon sulfate con
centrations in surface waters is negligible. As expected, many of the most polluted waters are
strongly acid, with pH values going as low as 3,3. Sulfuric acid from air pollution has also led
to increased weathering of calcium from toils and rocke, to that this ion tends to rise in con
centration not only in waters above pH 6 but also in those bolow pH 5, Damage to terrestrial
**fettion is frequently marked within b miles of the smelters, while it is seldom obvious to
th untrained eye beyond this distance. Severe damage oecure chiefly within about 2 miles of
Ihe smelters.
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^3 Why Industry Need* Performance Standard Zoning. Dorothy A. Muncy, 2. Air Poll. Control Aesn. H> 282-264 (Aug, I960),
Zoning controls are required to guide the development of open land In the suburbs
which still lack the protection of an air pollutign agency. The use of performance standards
In a coning ordinance fa a necessary measure m protect vacant land for future industry. Eight
trends in Industrial land use are significant tv the prevention of air pollution and to the pro-
clion of land for future industry} 4 of thv*u trcrul result directly from industrial manage
ment decisions and should guarantee the cunip,rrtbllity of future plants. The next 3 trends in
suburban growth could handicap industry's uf,,rls to improve its location. Tho 8th trend in
suburban growth iltuetratei the critical nm-d f.ir performance standards in land use toning.
These trends are discusead*In~detl);~~!*">d4r<ls formulated now to guide new industrial growth
can be a major preventive measure, until ihu time when the whole region 1# protected by a full-
scale air control agency.
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