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Glacier stripped pipe of industrial pollution (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

acid rain

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'industrial pollution' is the definition.
'acid rain' can be an answer for 'pollution' (acid rain is a kind of pollution). I'm not sure about the 'industrial' bit.

'glacier stripped pipe' is the wordplay.
'stripped' indicates the central letters.
'pipe' becomes 'drain' (drain is a kind of pipe).
The centre of 'glacier' is 'aci'.
'aci'+'drain'='ACID-RAIN'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for acid rain that I've seen before include "Polluted water" , "Pollution from the sky" , "it's bad for the environment" , "environmental problem" , "Destructive precipitation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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