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Getting to grips with acid rain
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New Straits Times
05-31-2007
Getting to grips with acid rain
Byline: Ellen Whyte
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Tech & U; Outlook
Column: Study smart
CAN you imagine acid falling out of the sky? It may seem like a fantastic nightmare, but the problem is a real one.
The science curriculum regularly mentions acid rain, mostly along with pollution, the effects of human development on nature and occasionally as part of global warmin...
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