Question

We know that many human activities lead to increase levels of pollution of air, water bodies and soil. Do you think that isolating these activities to specific and limited areas would help in reducing pollution?about 5 pages
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Answer 1

Yes.

Isolation of human activities to specific areas would help in reducing levels of pollution. For example,

• If all the industrial or sewage waste from areas is collected and treated first at one place, before discharging or dumping it, we can reduce the water and soil pollution to some extent.

• If the factories are set up in an isolated place away from the residential areas, health problems caused due to air pollution will be reduced.

Answer 2

Answer:

Limiting activities that cause pollution to certain areas will not have long lasting benefits. This is because polluted air and water can be carried to far off places. Similarly, pollutants from the soil can leach into underground water or can be absorbed by the plants growing in the polluted soil. Thus, the pollutants will enter many different food chains and affect many living organisms.