Our opportunity with HMIS goes far beyond knowing who is homeless: HMIS can help us work collaboratively on housing solutions, inform how we improve programs and policies, and organize our collective work to ensure that every Minnesotan has stable housing..
pollutant noun [C]. âº a âsubstance that âpollutes: Sulphur âdioxide is one of several pollutants that are âreleased into the âatmosphere by âcoal-fired âpower âstations. (Definition of pollutant from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution.