Assignment

4/27/2020 Environmental Pollution

CONTENTS:

 Introduction 
  Definition
 Overview
 Causes
 Effects
 History and Background
 Human attitude towards environment
 Conclusion 

INTRODUCTION:
           The concept of environment is as old as the concept of the nature itself. It is a composite
term referring to conditions in which organisms consisting of air, water, food, sunlight etc ,
thrive and become living sources of life for- all the living and non-living beings including plant
life. 

 DEFINITION:

"The  release into any environmental medium from any process of substances which are capable
of causing harm to man or any other living organisms supported by the environment is called
environmental pollution."

OVERVIEW:

Environmental pollution may broadly be classified into: 

1. Natural pollution 
2. Man-made pollution. 

1. Natural Pollution:
 Environment is polluted often by natural phenomenon, such as earthquakes, floods,
drought, cyclones, etc. 

2. Man-made Pollution: 

   Human activities.

 The major kinds of pollution are air pollution, water pollution and land pollution.
Modern society is also concerned about specific types of pollutants, such as noise
pollution, light pollution and plastic pollution. 
CAUSES:

Environmental pollution is reaching worldwide as an agonizing piece.

 Population growth.
 Nature of modern technology.
 Deforestation.
 Agriculture development.
 Industrial development.
 Unplanned urbanization.
 Thermal power plants
 Poverty

- The global environmental pollution including greenhouse gas emissions, acid accumulation,
water pollution and waste management is considered as international public health issues.

EFFECTS:

There are some latest issues of environmental pollution:

 Skull asymmetry in the Baltic grey seal effects of environmental pollution.

 Global effects on environmental pollution.
 Assessment of biological effects of environmental pollution along the NW
Mediterranean Sea using mussels as sentinel organisms.
 Endocrine effects of environmental pollution.
 Lysosomal perturbations in fish liver as indicators for toxic effects of
environmental pollution.
 Human health effects of environmental pollution in the atmosphere.
 Effects of environmental air pollution on endogenous oxidative DNA damage in
humans.
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND:

    It is normally suggested that the pollution have an evolution source that is created by human
activities.

       Beginning about 1000 CE, the use of for fuel caused air pollution, and the conversion of coal
to coke for iron, smelting beginning in the 17th century inflamed the problem. In Europe, from
the Middle Ages into the early modern era, unsanitary urban conditions advocated the outbreak
of population - destroyed by the infestation of disease from plague to cholera and typhoid fever. 

        Through the 19th century, water pollution and the accumulation of solid wastes were largely
problems of urban areas. But, with the rapid spread of industrialization and the growth of human
population , pollution became a universal problem.

             By the middle of 20th century,  environmental damage caused by improper use of
pesticides such as DDT and other chemicals that accumulate in the food chain and disturbed the
natural balance of ecosystems on a wide scale.

      In response, major pieces of environmental legislation such as the "Clean Air Act "and the
"Clean Water Act" were passed in many countries to control. environmental pollution.

HUMAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT:

Adjusting the relationship between humans and nature is one of the most fundamental issues we
face and must deal with today. With the increasing deterioration of ecological systems on which
human beings rely and the aggravation of the environmental crisis, human beings have realized
that we cannot rely on economic and judicial methods alone to solve the problems of
environmental pollution and ecological imbalances, we must also appeal to human beings’
limitless internal ethical resources. Only after we have adopted an appropriate attitude towards
nature and have established a new ethical relationship between human beings and nature will we
be able to love and respect nature automatically as well as conscientiously, and only with the
guidance of such love and respect can we successfully deal with the issues of environmental
pollution and ecological imbalances.
CONCLUSION:

Environment can be saved by planting more trees, recycling, reusing, reducing pollution,
creating awareness through environmental programs etc. 

If we want to save the environment then, we should stop the exploitation of natural resources.