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A chemical pollutant is a chemical substance (inorganic or organic) inserted in ecosystems which cause adverse effects, e. g. disturbance, damage or even fatality to the system or for single elements of it. The same chemical could have also beneficial effects in other circumstances. Physical agents, e. g. heat, are considered only insofar here as they modify the effect of chemical pollutants. Chemical pollutants are frequently anthropogenic but sometimes are also natural, or both.
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Luepke, NP. (1979). Selection of Pollutants and Pollutant Categories of Interest for Monitoring Environmental Materials. In: Luepke, NP. (eds) Monitoring Environmental Materials and Specimen Banking. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8843-9_3
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