POLLUTION
Keep our planet clean and green
Done by: Raj(y7b)
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POLLUTION
INDRODUCTION: Pollution is when water, air or
land becomes very dirty. Pollution can come in
4 different types effecting different types of
areas in the world. Air pollution affects the air,
water pollution affects the water and marine
life, land pollution affects the land destroying
life and the environment and there is also noise
pollution that can affect our hearing. We all
contribute to pollution in some way or another.
Whether it is with a large amount or small
amount we can still cause major damage to our
health and the environment.
Although we all contribute to help stop the
increase of pollution very little people realize
that pollution is very harmful because they
don't think of the environment, themselves and
other people and what it can do. Pollution is an
important factor to our lives. It involves our
society and all other animals. Pollution is
gradually destroying our planet and is gradually
killing ourselves too. Like air pollution, smog
and acid rain is a killer to all of us. It destroys
marine life, our own health and destroys
historical monuments and statues.
DEFINITION: Pollution is an undesirable state of the
natural environment being contaminated with harmful
substances as a consequence of human activities.
Different types of pollution: Chosen two types of
pollution are:
LAND pollution and WATER Pollution
SUB TITLE: WATER
Definition: When toxic substances enter lakes,
streams, rivers, oceans, and other water bodies, they
get dissolved or lie suspended in water or get
deposited on the bed. This results in the pollution of
water.
Causes:
Marine dumping- Dumping of litter in the sea.
-Industrial waste- Industry is a huge source of water pollution, it
produces pollutants that are extremely harmful to people and the
environment.
-Radioactive waste- Nuclear waste is produced from industrial,
medical and scientific processes that use radioactive material.
Nuclear waste can have detrimental effects on marine habitats.
-Oil pollution- Oceans are polluted by oil on a daily basis from oil
spills, routine shipping, run-offs and dumping.
-Underground Storage Leakages- A tank or piping network that has
at least 10 percent of its volume underground is known as an
underground storage tank (UST). They often store substances
such as petroleum, that are harmful to the surrounding
environment should it become contaminated.
-Atmospheric deposition- Atmospheric deposition is the pollution of
water caused by air pollution.
-Global warming- An increase in water temperature can result in
the death of many aquatic organisms and disrupt many marine
habitats.
Effects: The effects of water pollution are not only devastating to
people but also to animals, fish, and birds. Polluted water is
unsuitable for drinking, recreation, agriculture, and industry. It
diminishes the aesthetic quality of lakes and rivers. More seriously,
contaminated water destroys aquatic life and reduces its
reproductive ability. Eventually, it is a hazard to human health.
Nobody can escape the effects of water pollution.
Control methods: The individual and the community can help
minimize water pollution. By simple housekeeping and
management practices the amount of waste generated can be
minimized.
Oil goes inside the duck's wings preventing it from flapping it.
Animal dying because of oil pollution/water pollution
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SUB TITLE: LAND POLLUTION
DEFINITION: Land pollution basically is about
contaminating the land surface of the Earth through
dumping urban waste matter indiscriminately, dumping of
industrial waste, mineral exploitation, and misusing the soil
by harmful agricultural practices.
CAUSES:
Wastes from Agriculture: This comprises of waste matter
produced by crop, animal manure, and farm residues.
Wastes from Mining: Piles of coal refuse and heaps of slag.
Wastes from Industries: Industrial waste matter that can cause
land pollution can include paints, chemicals, and so on.
Solids from Sewage Treatment: Wastes that are left over after
sewage has been treated, biomass sludge, and settled solids.
Ashes: The residual matter that remains after solid fuels are
burned.
Garbage: This comprises of waste matter from food that are
decomposable and other waste matter that are not decomposable
such as glass, metal, cloth, plastic, wood, paper, and so on.
EFFECTS:
The effects of land pollution are far-ranging in the
industrial age. The nature of the industrial revolution
and the lack of a sustainable development model for
industrial progress have allowed the creation of
chemicals and products which may serve the idea of
convenience or productivity or efficiency, however, the
concept of environmental stewardship is largely an
afterthought. This has led to long-lasting chemicals
which persist in the environment and are potentially
toxic to life.
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