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Doctors Web site  Acid Rain  Acid rain is a general name for
many phenomena including acid fog, acid sleet, and acid snow.
The father of acid rain research is an Englishman named Charles
Angus Smith who suggested in, 1852, that sulfuric acid in
Manchester, English, was causing metal to rust and dyed goods to
fade. One source that causes acid rain are fossil fuel.
(reference)  Although we associate the acid threat with rainy
days, acid deposition occurs all the time, even on sunny days.
Acid Deposition is the scientific term used to describe "Acid
Rain". When atmospheric pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxides mix with water vapor in the air, they are
converted to sulfuric and nitric acids. These acids make the
rain acidic, hence the term "acid rain". Rain returns the sulfur
and nitrogen acids to Earth, and in high concentrations, can
cause damage to natural environments includi