explain how municipal solid waste causes serious health hazards
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Waste from agriculture and industries can also cause serious health risks. Other than this, co-disposal of industrial hazardous wastewith municipal waste can expose people to chemical and radioactive hazards. ... Wastedumped near a water source also causescontamination of the water body or the ground water source.Solid waste pollution is caused mainly through urbanization and through industrial waste. ... Various methods are practiced to control solid waste pollution as composting, recycling, incineration, pyrolysis, disposal, landfills etc.However, some types of health-care waste represent a higher risk to health. These include infectious waste(15%–25% of total health-care waste), among which are sharps waste (1%), body part waste (1%), chemical or pharmaceutical waste (3%), and radioactive and cytotoxic waste or broken thermometers (less than 1%).”Municipal solid waste (MSW) (also called trash) consists of everyday items such as product packaging, yard trimmings, furniture, clothing, bottles and cans, food, newspapers, appliances, electronics andbatteries.