Question

Name any two harmful solid waste those disposal you can control at your level. How will your action help in preventing soil pollution?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1)Disposal of single carry plastic bag

2)Disposal of plastic box which carries food

It will prevent allow many seeds to grow and proliferate .Thus , it will help in growing plants whose roots can hold down the soil

Answer 2

Answer:

Soil, Soil Pollution & Pesticides

Soil Pollution has gradually become a major challenge that we need to overcome for establishing a healthy environment. Weathering of the earth’s crusts by different processes leads to the formation of soil that accumulates over the centuries. The soil is the home for a large part of bacterial biodiversity and other microscopic and macroscopic living organisms.

Soil Pollution

Example of Soil Pollution (Source: Wikipedia)

However, let us consider our very own country India. Indian economy is largely dependent on agriculture. Thus, we Indians give very high priority to the development of agriculture, fisheries, and livestock. Therefore, for surplus production, it is very important to protect crops from any type of damage that occurs due to insects, weeds, rodents and other crop diseases.

So, how do we protect crops? The very obvious answer is pesticides and herbicides. However, do you know these pesticides and herbicides is a leading cause of soil pollution? Therefore, it is very important to judiciously use pesticides because it contains lots of different harmful chemicals. Therefore, to improve soil and prevent soil pollution it is important to limit the use of pesticides and herbicides.

Causes of Soil Erosion here.

Definition of Soil Pollution

Soil pollution refers to anything that causes contamination of soil and degrades the soil quality. It occurs when the pollutants causing the pollution reduce the quality of the soil and convert the soil inhabitable for microorganisms and macro organisms living in the soil.

Soil contamination or soil pollution can occur either because of human activities or because of natural processes. However, mostly it is due to human activities. The soil contamination can occur due to the presence of chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, ammonia, petroleum hydrocarbons, lead, nitrate, mercury, naphthalene, etc in an excess amount.

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