| 汚染 | Pollution OR contamination. If you want to say “environmental pollution,” you have to use 汚染, not 公害. $$$ |
| 公害 | Pollution. Has a more broad meaning than the related word 汚染. Not just dirty smoggy air, but also noise pollution, the annoyance of someone talking on a cell phone on a train, and 情報公害 （じょうほうこうがい）:“ad pollution” – the inescapable advertisements one sees everywhere. |
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