Question

list down manufacturing and production activities and give their harmful effects to the environment​

Answer 1

Answer:

The question really should be how factories ‘have’ affected the environment, as there is no doubt that they have played a major role in the damage caused to the environment. In fact, it has been claimed that factories are to blame for as much as 2/3rds of the pollution that has caused climate change.

As a result of the pollution that is created from toxic and dangerous materials into our environment, not only does the planet’s ecosystem come under threat, but our own health is potentially at risk too.

Factories might not be the sole contributor to the man-made damage that continues to be done to the planet but they are certainly one of the biggest. Despite the efforts of governments the world over to reduce the amount of pollution that these factories pump into the atmosphere, there is still so much that has to change if we value our planet.

Below you will find some of the major impacts that industrial pollution has caused to the environment.

Global Warming

As we touched on earlier, a huge portion of climate change or global warming can be attributed to our reliance on industrial activities over the years. Toxic materials and gases are burned and released into the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide and methane. Because these gases are able to absorb radiation from the sun, they have a direct impact on the temperature of the planet.

Global Warming can lead to:

Rising sea levels.

Rise in the earth’s temperature.

Risk of species of animals becoming extinct.

An increase in tsunamis, typhoons, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters.

Melting of the ice caps

Furthermore, our very existence as human beings could be under threat too, not to mention the increased risk of us catching diseases such as cholera, malaria and Lyme Disease.

Answer 2

The manufacturing and production activities are harmful to the environment in the following ways:-

• Global warming is the main reason why the environment is in danger because industrial activities burn a lot of toxic materials and gases and released them into the environment such as methane and carbon dioxide. These gases absorb the radiation from the sun and have a direct influence on the environment.
• Air pollution has a major impact on the environment. Industrial factories release many variants into the atmosphere which are very harmful to the environment as well as to human beings and develop diseases like lung cancer, heart disease, and many other problems.
• Water is also getting polluted, factories dump their toxic waste into rivers and oceans, which also affect marine life and the environment.