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- Some pollutants are organic compounds (Traditionally, organic chemical compounds were classified as having molecules that contained carbon).
- Pollutants can also be inorganic compounds (which are considered to be of mineral, not biological, origin). However, many compounds that contain carbon are considered inorganic; for example, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonates, cyanides, cyanates, carbides, and thyocyanates.
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