What is the cause of land pollution and what it does in the environment?
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Land pollution is defined as a degradation or even destruction of the earth’s surface and soil as a result of human activities.
It can be direct, for example, from dumping toxic chemicals directly on to a site, orindirect, for example where toxic chemicals leach through the soil from particulates that have settled from air pollution from a nearby lead smelter [1].
It can also simply be degradation from transforming the land by clearing it so that beneficial organisms can no longer provide services supporting growth and protect it from further erosion.
Land pollution, whether it is a barren space where nothing can grow but a few weeds or a site that harbors garbage and debris, like old tires, gas cans and plastic bags is an aesthetic drain.
Studies consistently show the health benefits of enjoying nature at its finest, with its lush growth, clean air and water renewing world-weary urbanites [4]. The health-promoting practice of drinking in nature in Japan is a cornerstone of healing therapies in Japan and South Korea, where it is known as “forest bathing” [5]. Conversely, while not documented, no one would dispute that the effect of seeing barren or polluted land is depressing.
Barren land is a clear indicator that wildlife habitat has not only been disturbed, but eradicated.
This has further consequences for us as part of the web of life. The web has been broken when the biodiversity that enables life has been destroyed. Where there are no plants, there is no oxygen-generating mechanism (photosynthesis), no food or habitat for wildlife, amphibians, insects, and probably few, if any microorganisms to aerate, detoxify and regenerate the soil.
It can be direct, for example, from dumping toxic chemicals directly on to a site, orindirect, for example where toxic chemicals leach through the soil from particulates that have settled from air pollution from a nearby lead smelter [1].
It can also simply be degradation from transforming the land by clearing it so that beneficial organisms can no longer provide services supporting growth and protect it from further erosion.
Land pollution, whether it is a barren space where nothing can grow but a few weeds or a site that harbors garbage and debris, like old tires, gas cans and plastic bags is an aesthetic drain.
Studies consistently show the health benefits of enjoying nature at its finest, with its lush growth, clean air and water renewing world-weary urbanites [4]. The health-promoting practice of drinking in nature in Japan is a cornerstone of healing therapies in Japan and South Korea, where it is known as “forest bathing” [5]. Conversely, while not documented, no one would dispute that the effect of seeing barren or polluted land is depressing.
Barren land is a clear indicator that wildlife habitat has not only been disturbed, but eradicated.
This has further consequences for us as part of the web of life. The web has been broken when the biodiversity that enables life has been destroyed. Where there are no plants, there is no oxygen-generating mechanism (photosynthesis), no food or habitat for wildlife, amphibians, insects, and probably few, if any microorganisms to aerate, detoxify and regenerate the soil.
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