Summary

• Definition Of Environmental Pollution

• Types Of Environmental Pollution
 AIR POLLUTION
 WATER POLLUTION

• Effects of pollution
• Conclusion
 Environmental Pollution
Definition Of Environmental Pollution:

Environmental pollution is the contamination of the

physical and biological components of the earth/atmosphere
system to such an extent that normal environmental processes
are adversely affected.
 Types Of Environmental
Pollution
There are three major types of
environmental pollution: AIR
POLLUTION

•Air pollution
•Water pollution
•Soil pollution (contamination) POLLUTION

WATER SOIL
POLLUTION POLLUTION
 AIR POLLUTION
Air pollution is the introduction into
the atmosphere of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause :
•discomfort,
• disease,
• death to humans,
•damage other living organisms such as food crops,
•damage the natural environment or built environment .
Smoke from chimneys, automobile exhaust, burning of fossil fuels and forest fires
result in air pollution.
 Water pollution:
• contamination
of water bodies
(e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans, aq
uifers & groundwater).
• occurs when pollutants are
discharged directly/indirectly
into water bodies without
adequate treatment to
remove harmful compounds.
 The main sources of water pollution are-
1. Effluent outfalls from factories, refineries, waste treatment plants .. that
emit fluids of varying quality directly into urban water supplies.
2. Oil spills.
3. In villages people have baths in the river, they wash their clothes and
utensils there because of which the river water gets polluted.
4. In holy rivers people have baths. They also immerse the dead bodies in
the river because of which the water gets severely polluted.
 Soil contamination or soil pollution is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-
made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. It is typically caused by
industrial activity,
agricultural chemicals,
or improper disposal of waste.
The most common chemicals involved are :
solvents,
pesticides,
lead,
and other heavy metals.
Contamination is correlated with the degree of industrialization and intensity of chemical usage.
 Mining coal pollutes the
environment

Coal Ash pollutes

the forests
1. Air Pollution- Air pollution has serious effects on environment as well as human
health. They are:

A. Acid rain is precipitation containing harmful amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids.
These acids are formed primarily by nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides released
into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned.
B. Ozone depletion- This is a layer present in the atmosphere which protects us
from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun which can cause skin cancer. But
due to the air pollutants this layer is getting depleted.
C. These gases also cause the Green house effect and Global warming.
D. The air pollutants also cause diseases in humans like lung cancer, asthma,
Irritation of eyes, nose, mouth and throat, Disruption of endocrine, reproductive
and immune systems and other respiratory ailments.
 2. Water Pollution- Its
effects are as follows:-

A. Water bodies like lakes and rivers are

polluted which results in the death of
marine animals like fishes, turtles,
whales, dolphins etc.
B. Oil spills not only harm marine
animals but they also affect
precipitation rate.
C. If the polluted water is consumed by
humans then water-borne diseases like
typhoid, cholera, dysentery.
D. When the pesticides after surface
runoff reach the lakes, they lead to
the growth of algae which after
sometime covers the whole lake and
due to lack of oxygen the animals
die.
3. Soil Pollution- Its effects are:-

A. The waste from landfill leaches and causes contaminates

the groundwater.
B. Certain animals like cows eat waste like plastic bags and
die.
C. It emits foul odour and becomes breeding ground for
mosquitoes.
D. The waste on a landfill reduces the fertility of the soil.
E. Pesticides, benzene, chromium and weed killers sprayed on
the field are carcinogens which have been established to
lead to all kinds of cancer. Long-term benzene exposure is
responsible for irregular menstrual cycles in women,
leukemia and anemia.
 Environmental Pollution - Conclusion
•
ollution - Conclusion
Environmental pollution is causing a lot of distress not only to humans but
also animals, driving many animal species to endangerment and even
extinction.
• Everything on our planet is interconnected, and while the nature supplies
us with valuable environmental services without which we cannot exist,
we all depend on each other’s actions and the way we treat natural
resources.
• Perhaps we should adopt a holistic view of nature – it is not an entity that
exists separately from us; the nature is us, we are an inalienable part of it,
and we should care for it in the most appropriate manner. Only then can
we possibly solve the problem of environmental pollution.
 Bibliography

1. 1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution
2. 2.http://www.uccee.org/Environmental_Pollution.html
3. 3.http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Types_of_Pollution
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