IGCSE Biology / Human influences on the environment

Sewage, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide revision notes

Edexcel International GCSE Biology (4BI1), chapter 15: Human influences on the environment, specification point 4.12, 4.16. Part of the full course.

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Sewage and air pollutants harm living things in different ways. Knowing each pollutant’s source, effect and method of reduction helps you explain how pollution can be controlled.

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