In industrial areas and townships environmental problems like acid rain occurs.
Write a short note on acid rain and the problems arising from it.
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Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air. These substances can rise very high into the atmosphere, where they mix and react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form more acidic pollutants, known as acid rain. Acid rain has been shown to have adverse impacts on forests, freshwaters, and soils, killing insect and aquatic life-forms, causing paint to peel, corrosion of steel structures such as bridges, and weathering of stone buildings and statues as well as having impacts on human health.
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In industrial areas gases like SO2 and NO2 reaches atmosphere and dissolves in rainwater and reaches soil as acid rain due to this plants lose the ability to participate in photosynthesis