Effect on terrestrial life :
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✠ Effect on Terrestrial Life :
- The terrestial organisms - plants and animals - are always exposed to risks of health and life due to pollution related to waste accumulation.
➣ Animals such as cows, buffaloes amd goats die of eating plastic wastes.
➣ Pesticides and weedicides are widely used in agricultural pratices, but they affect other organisms in addition to their targets. The residues of inorganic fertilizer and pesticides are responsible for killing several types of soil organisms, worms, etc.
➣ Sulphur dioxide can destroy leaf tissues. It can cause a disease in which the green portion of leaves become yellow.
➣ Many species of hunting birds with high level of DDT in their bodies are threatened with extinction. There is some disruptions in animal reproduction due to DDT.
➣ Improperly managed and poorly designed landfills attract all kinds of insects and rodents, which spread diseases.
➣ Recycling of wastes also carries health risks if proper precautions are not taken.
➣ The animals which feed on plants growing in polluted areas take in fluorides through them. This decreases their capacity to produce milk and also affects their teeth and bones.
➣ The terrestrial animals which are dependent upon the aquatic ecosystem get affected as a result of increase in acid concentrations. It decreases their population.
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✠ Effect on Terrestrial Life :
- The terrestial organisms - plants and animals - are always exposed to risks of health and life due to pollution related to waste accumulation.
➣ Animals such as cows, buffaloes amd goats die of eating plastic wastes.
➣ Pesticides and weedicides are widely used in agricultural pratices, but they affect other organisms in addition to their targets. The residues of inorganic fertilizer and pesticides are responsible for killing several types of soil organisms, worms, etc.