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what are the four main types of pollution ​

Answer 1

Answer:

The term "pollution" refers to any substance that negatively impacts the environment or organisms that live within the affected environment. The five major types of pollution include: air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, light pollution, and noise pollution.

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Answer 2

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The four main types of pollution :

Water pollution

• Water pollution can affect surface water such as rivers and lakes, soil moisture and groundwater in aquifers, and the oceans.
• Water pollution is characterised by the presence of excess physical, chemical or biological substances that change the qualities of the water and are capable of causing harm to living organisms.

Degradation

• some substances break down (degrade) by natural processes into different, simpler substances that are not polluting.

Air pollution

• Air pollution can exist at all scales, from local to global, and can include gases and solid particles.
• It can affect you in your own home, or in your town or city, and can contribute to global atmospheric changes.
• The most common sources of air pollution in the urban centres of Ethiopia include the burning of wood, charcoal and other biomass fuel by households, small businesses such as bakeries, manufacturing industries, and vehicles.

Soil and land pollution

• Soil pollution, also called land pollution, is linked to water pollution.
• Liquid wastes containing toxic chemicals or pathogenic micro-organisms on the surface of the land can seep slowly into the soil and may percolate down to contaminate groundwater, which can affect people using springs or wells in the area.
• Possible sources include open defecation, pit latrines or leaking storage containers for industrial chemicals and wastes.