13 Environment · 13.1 Pollution and control

13.1.4 Acid rain and indoor air pollution

Acid rain is rain or deposition made acidic by sulphur and nitrogen oxides, while indoor air pollution is harmful air inside homes and buildings, mostly from cooking smoke in rural India.

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  • acid rain
  • pH 5.6
  • wet deposition
  • dry deposition
  • marble cancer
  • Taj Trapezium Zone
  • Mathura refinery
  • indoor air pollution
  • radon
  • formaldehyde
  • sick building syndrome
  • Ujjwala

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