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Environmental Exposure

"Human exposure to pollutants originating from facility emissions. Threshold levels are not necessarily surpassed, but low-level chronic pollutant exposure is one of the most common forms of environmental exposure (See: threshold level). "

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Terms of Environment

   
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