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The atmospheric deposition of acidic species, i. e., sulfates and nitrates, has been known to occur for many decades. In recent years, concern about the ecological damage that acidic deposition may cause to streams and lake ecology, soils, forests, and materials has considerably increased (e. g., NRC, 1983; EPA, 1983; OTA, 1982). At the first meeting of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution of the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe, held in Geneva in June 1983, Nordic countries proposed a 30 percent reduction in sulfur emissions to be implemented by 1993. In North America, the U.S./Canada Memorandum of Intent on Transboundary Air Pollution was set to define a common policy for the United States and Canada. Canada calls for a 50 percent reduction in SO2emission in both countries. In the United States, several reports acknowledge the contribution of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (N0x) anthropogenic emissions to acidic deposition in northern America and the need for emission control (NRC, 1983; OSTP, 1983; OTA, 1982; EPA, 1983
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Seigneur, C., Saxena, P., Roth, P.M. (1985). Chemistry of Sulfate and Nitrate Formation. In: De Wispelaere, C. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application IV. Nato — Challenges of Modern Society, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2455-3_7
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