Table 1: Health impacts due to chemical pollutants and toxicants.
Pollutant
Health Impact
Primary Secondary  

Particles

 

Chronic mortality
Respiratory and cardio-vascular morbidity

SOX

Sulphates

Acute mortality
Respiratory and cardio-vascular morbidity

SO2

 

Chronic mortality

NOX

Nitrates

Respiratory morbidity
Eye irritation

NO2

Ozone

Chronic mortality

NO2, VOC

 

Acute mortality
Respiratory morbidity

Hydrocarbons

 

Cancers

CO

 

Mortality (asthma)
Cardio-vascular morbidity

Dioxin

 

Cancers

Heavy metals

 

Cancers
Neurotoxic morbidity

Environmental Impacts of Electricity Generation

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