what are the various harmful effects of air and water pollution
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Explanation:
Long-term health effects from air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases such as emphysema. Air pollution can also cause long-term damage to people's nerves, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. Some scientists suspect air pollutants cause birth defects.Some of these water-borne diseases are Typhoid, Cholera, Paratyphoid Fever, Dysentery, Jaundice, Amoebiasis and Malaria. Chemicals in the water also have negative effects on our health. Pesticides – can damage the nervous system and cause cancer because of the carbonates and organophosphates that they contain.
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Harmful effects of air pollution:
- Respiratory diseases.
- Cardiovascular damage.
- Fatigue, headaches and anxiety.
- Irritation of the eyes, nose and throat.
- Damage to reproductive organs.
- Harm to the liver, spleen and blood.
- Nervous system damage.
Harmful effects of water pollution:
The main problem caused by water pollution is that it kills organisms that depend on these water bodies. Dead fish, crabs, birds and sea gulls, dolphins, and many other animals often wind up on beaches, killed by pollutants in their habitat (living environment). Pollution disrupts the natural food chain as well.