1.Environment pollution is a serious problem 2.the word pollution means to make dirty 3.Industrialization has led to urbanization,which has added to the pollution problem.air pollution is the most dangerous form of pollution. 4.pollution causes imbalance in the environment.5.nearly 35 percent of India's
total land area in subject to serious environmental pollution 6.pollution causes several types of harmful disease 7.we must control pollution for our survival 8.land and water pollution have worsened the situation
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What is Environmental Pollution?
The dictionary explains pollution as “the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.” Wiki explains pollution as “the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.” Simply put, Environmental Pollution is something that brings harm to our environment and in turn to the people who exist based on the environment.
How does Environmental Pollution occur?
Environmental Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the surroundings; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely. Pollutants are the key elements or components of pollution which are generally waste materials of different forms. Pollution disturbs our ecosystem and the balance in the environment. With modernization and development in our lives pollution has reached its peak; giving rise to global warming and human illness.
What are the different types of Pollution?
Environmental Pollution occurs in different forms; air, water, soil, radioactive, noise, heat/ thermal and light. Every form of pollution has two sources of occurrence; the point and the non-point sources. The point sources are easy to identify, monitor and control, whereas the non-point sources are hard to control.
Toxic environmental pollution affects more than 200 million people worldwide, according to Pure Earth, a non-profit environmental organization. In some of the world’s worst polluted places, babies are born with birth defects, children have lost 30 to 40 IQ points, and life expectancy may be as low as 45 years because of cancers and other diseases.Let us discuss the different types of pollution, their causes and effects on mankind and the environment as a
Types & Causes of Pollution:
Air Pollution
It is the most prevalent and dangerous form of pollution especially considered to go hand in hand with urbanization. There are many reasons to it. Primary among these is the excessive fuel combustion which has become a basic necessity for cooking, transport and other industrial activities. This releases umpteen no. of chemicals to the air which are far from being removed from it. These are directly affecting our existence.
Smoke releases SO2 into the air making it toxic. It is caused mainly due to chimneys, factory stacks, vehicles or something as common as ‘burning of wood’. Release of SO2and other greenhouse gases into air causes global warming and has capacity to cause acid rain. Global warming or emission of these gases has increased temperatures, erratic rains and droughts worldwide. This has heavily increased the cases of Asthma, Bronchitis and the more dangerous lung cancer, mainly in the metro cities.
Air pollution is believed to end lives of over 20 lakh people every year – a study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, says.
One of the major and unfortunate examples of what can air pollution lead to is the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984. It was a direct result of release of methyl isocyanate gas at Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. It killed over 2,000 people, and over 200,000 suffered respiratory problems. An irritant (e.g. particulates less than 10 micrometers) may cause respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular disease and increases in asthma. Even today there are birth defects in the babies borne, which are believed to be because of the tragedy.
“The very young, the old and those with vulnerable immune systems are most at risk from air pollution. The air pollutant may be carcinogenic (e.g. some volatile organic compounds) or biologically active (e.g. some viruses) or radioactive (e.g. radon). Other air pollutants like carbon dioxide have an indirect impact on human health through climate change” – Prof. Harry Sealy, in an interview, to the ‘Live Science’ journal
Effects of Pollution?
Environment Degradation: Environment is the first casualty for increase in pollution weather in air or water. The increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere leads to smog which can restrict sunlight from reaching the earth. Thus, preventing plants in the process of photosynthesis. Gases like Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide can cause acid rain. Water pollution in terms of Oil spill may lead to death of several wildlife species.
The dictionary explains pollution as “the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.” Wiki explains pollution as “the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.” Simply put, Environmental Pollution is something that brings harm to our environment and in turn to the people who exist based on the environment.
How does Environmental Pollution occur?
Environmental Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the surroundings; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely. Pollutants are the key elements or components of pollution which are generally waste materials of different forms. Pollution disturbs our ecosystem and the balance in the environment. With modernization and development in our lives pollution has reached its peak; giving rise to global warming and human illness.
What are the different types of Pollution?
Environmental Pollution occurs in different forms; air, water, soil, radioactive, noise, heat/ thermal and light. Every form of pollution has two sources of occurrence; the point and the non-point sources. The point sources are easy to identify, monitor and control, whereas the non-point sources are hard to control.
Toxic environmental pollution affects more than 200 million people worldwide, according to Pure Earth, a non-profit environmental organization. In some of the world’s worst polluted places, babies are born with birth defects, children have lost 30 to 40 IQ points, and life expectancy may be as low as 45 years because of cancers and other diseases.Let us discuss the different types of pollution, their causes and effects on mankind and the environment as a
Types & Causes of Pollution:
Air Pollution
It is the most prevalent and dangerous form of pollution especially considered to go hand in hand with urbanization. There are many reasons to it. Primary among these is the excessive fuel combustion which has become a basic necessity for cooking, transport and other industrial activities. This releases umpteen no. of chemicals to the air which are far from being removed from it. These are directly affecting our existence.
Smoke releases SO2 into the air making it toxic. It is caused mainly due to chimneys, factory stacks, vehicles or something as common as ‘burning of wood’. Release of SO2and other greenhouse gases into air causes global warming and has capacity to cause acid rain. Global warming or emission of these gases has increased temperatures, erratic rains and droughts worldwide. This has heavily increased the cases of Asthma, Bronchitis and the more dangerous lung cancer, mainly in the metro cities.
Air pollution is believed to end lives of over 20 lakh people every year – a study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, says.
One of the major and unfortunate examples of what can air pollution lead to is the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984. It was a direct result of release of methyl isocyanate gas at Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. It killed over 2,000 people, and over 200,000 suffered respiratory problems. An irritant (e.g. particulates less than 10 micrometers) may cause respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular disease and increases in asthma. Even today there are birth defects in the babies borne, which are believed to be because of the tragedy.
“The very young, the old and those with vulnerable immune systems are most at risk from air pollution. The air pollutant may be carcinogenic (e.g. some volatile organic compounds) or biologically active (e.g. some viruses) or radioactive (e.g. radon). Other air pollutants like carbon dioxide have an indirect impact on human health through climate change” – Prof. Harry Sealy, in an interview, to the ‘Live Science’ journal
Effects of Pollution?
Environment Degradation: Environment is the first casualty for increase in pollution weather in air or water. The increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere leads to smog which can restrict sunlight from reaching the earth. Thus, preventing plants in the process of photosynthesis. Gases like Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide can cause acid rain. Water pollution in terms of Oil spill may lead to death of several wildlife species.
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