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Q: Any substance that causes water pollution is called?
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What is a substance or material that causes pollution called?

A substance or material that causes pollution is called a pollutant. Pollutants can be emitted into the environment through various human activities and can have harmful effects on air, water, and soil quality as well as on human health and ecosystems.


What is any substance that causes water pollution?

Any type of chemical that is alien to a water environment in which it is introduced and produces harm to animal life,is a type of pollution. For example, Oil.


What are some other causes of water pollution?

what are some other water pollution causes


Can Water Pollution Cause Air Pollution?

Yes it can, if the pollutant is a volatile substance,but most of the time when the pollutant is dissolved or mixed with the water,when evaporation occurs any waste caught in the water will be left behind.This causes the water pollution to become worse with time.


What is a substance that dirties the air water or ground thereby harming the livings organisms called?

Pollution.


What is a substance that dirties the air water or ground thereby harming the living organisms called?

There are many such substances. Collectively this is known as pollution. Any substance can be a pollutant in the wrong place.


What is water pollution and the causes of water pollution?

factory,oil,fuel


What effect does oil have on water?

It causes pollution.


What causes water to be affected negatively?

Pollution.


What differentiate between pollution and pollutant?

A pollutant is a polluting agent ,the substance that actually pollutes an area ,but pollution is the process of polluting an area like water or air.ORpollution is the disturbance created in nature is pollution and the substances that make pollution are called pollutant


What do humans dump in water bodies that causes water pollution?

OilChemical wasteFactory wasteAgricultural fertiliser runoffGarbageSewageNearly anything that could be described as being "dumped" in water bodies causes water pollution.


What causes water pollution in the great lakes?

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