AIR POLLUTION BY DIFFERENT MINDS

“Air pollution means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more contaminants, such as dust, fumes, gas, mist, odour, smoke, or vapour, in quantities, with characteristics, and of durations such as to be injurious to human, plant, or animal life or to property, or which unreasonably interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property.”

 - Engineers Joint Council (U.S.A.)

            “Air pollution is the presence in ambient atmosphere of substances,1 generally resulting from the activity of man, in sufficient concentration, present for a sufficient time and under circumstances which interfere significantly with the comfort, health or welfare of persons or with the full use or enjoyment of property.”

 - Indian Standards Institution IS-41 67 (1966).

            “Air pollution is the excessive concentration of foreign matter in the air which adversely affects the well being of the individual or causes damage to property.”

 - American Medical Association