Question

Human and animal waste (faeces) is an example of ............. pollutant. Fill in the blank

Answer 1

Human and animal waste (faeces) is an example of land pollutant.

These pollutants contain potentially dangerous bacteria, viruses and protozoans which enters the ecosystem via water, when they get washed up by rivers, or soil.

Land pollution causes harmful changes in the vegetation and enters the food chain.

Apart from the various health hazards like arsenic poisoning or even cancer, land pollution can destroy the ecosystem.