Acid deposition, better known as acid rain,1 goes far beyond the deposition of acid pollutants. It is atmospheric deposition, a phenomenon in which airborne chemicals and particulates – whether acids, metals, organic chemicals, microbes, or pollens – deposit from air onto land and water. You became familiar with fine particulates, PM2.5, in Chapter 5 and know that many chemicals can be associated with particulate matter.
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