Enlist notable air pollution disasters. Write in detail about any one.
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Major forms of pollution include: Air pollution, light pollution, littering, noise pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, thermal pollution, visual pollution, water pollution.
Answer:
Explanation:
(i) Radioactive pollution can occur due to two
reasons such as natural and artificial.
(ii) UV and IR are natural radiations, whereas X-rays
and radiations from atomic energy plants are
artificial.
(iii) Chernobyl, Windscale and Three Miles Island
incidences are the major mishaps of the present
world.
(iv) Effects of radiations:
(a) Cancerous ulceration occur due to higher
radiations of X-rays.
(b) Tissues in the body are destroyed.
(c) Genetic changes occur.
(d) Vision is adversely affected.
*(3) Write the types and examples of b