Editing Pollutant (section)

===Stock pollutants===
Pollutants, towards which the environment has low [[absorptive capacity]] are called ''stock pollutants''.<ref name=Tietenberg/> Examples include [[persistent organic pollutant]]s like [[Polychlorinated biphenyl|PCBs]], non-[[biodegradable]] [[Plastic pollution|plastics]] and [[heavy metals]]. Stock pollutants accumulate in the environment over time. The damage they cause increases as more pollutant is emitted, and persists as the pollutant accumulates. Stock pollutants can create a burden for the [[future generations]], bypassing on the damage that persists well after the benefits received from incurring that damage, have been forgotten.<ref name=Tietenberg>{{cite book | vauthors = Tietenberg T | author-link1 = Tietenberg, Tom| date = 2006 | chapter = Chapter 15: Economics of Pollution Control | title = Environmental and Natural Resource Economics | edition = 7th | publisher = Pearson | location = Boston }}</ref> Scientists have officially deemed that the planetary boundaries safe chemical pollutant levels (novel entities) have been surpassed.<ref name="Persson_2022" />