AIR POLLUTION AND ITS BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN ÅRDAL, NORWAY.

Abstract

Part I: This report discusses the impact of an aluminium factory on the surrounding valley in Norway. Information covers: emissions, meteorology, topography, population, fluoride uptake in vegetation and animals, and resultant effects on forestry, farming, terrestrial and acquatic ecosystems, and man. Data covered as much as 30 years.

Part II: This report is Part II of the main report summarizing and reviewing data collected since the opening of the aluminum factory at Årdal. Part II consists only of appendices.