More or less, it is the study of the sources, reactions, transport, effects, and fate of chemical species in the air, water, and land, and the effect of human activities upon the various environmental segments, such as atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. It is a multidisciplinary science that, in addition to chemistry, involves physics, life science, agriculture, material science, public health, sanitary engineering, and so on. ![]() Without this it would be impossible to study accurately the effects that humans exert on the environment through the release of chemical species. ![]() It involves the understanding of how the uncontaminated environment works, and which naturally occurring chemicals are present, in what concentrations and with what effects. ![]() Environmental chemistry is the study of the chemical and biochemical phenomena that occur in nature.
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