What is "Pollution" ?
Pollution
is the introduction of substances that poison the
environment . Pollution
can come from chemical waste dumped into rivers, factories releasing toxins into
the air, people burning trashes,accidents, and many other sources. Pollutants can cause diseases,
including cancer, lupus, immune diseases, allergies, and asthma.Lung
cancer can result from factories and car exhaust. Contamination caused by pollution can
have damaging effects in the brain and central nervous system.
Kinds of pollution
There are many kinds of
pollution it's air, water, noise, soil, radioactive, and thermal pollution
but these are the common types of pollution : air pollution, water pollution and
soil pollution.
Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals and others that cause harm to humans or other living organisms, or cause damage to the environment. These
are the causes of the air pollution :
- Increased human activities
- Population growth
- Roadway construction
- motor vehicle exhaust
- Heat and power generation
facilities
- Industrial processes
- Fertilizers plants
- Building demolition
- Forest fire
Water pollution is
contamination of water by foreign matter that deteriorates the quality of the
water. Water pollution
occurs when pollutants are
discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without adequate treatment to
remove harmful compounds. It has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide
cause of deaths and diseases,
These are causes of the
water pollution :
-
Waste water
-
Marine dumping
-
Industrial waste
-
Radioactive waste
-
Oil pollution
-
Underground storage leakages
-
Atmospheric deposition
-
Global warming
Soil
pollution is defined as the build-up in soils of persistent toxic compounds,
chemicals, salts,radioactive materials, or disease which have
adverse effects on plant growth and animal health.
The
causes of soil pollution are :
-
Seepage from a landfill
- Discharge
of industrial waste into the soil
- Percolation
of contaminated water into the soil
- Rupture of
underground storage tanks
- Excess
application of pesticides, herbicides or fertilizer
- Solid waste
seepage
These are the causes of pollution in my grandma's house
The dirty corner of the backyard.
kebab wrapper and a tissue.
This is her clean side of her backyard .
Make our world a better world by not causing pollutions !
LET'S REDUSE , REUSE , RECYCLE!