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INTRODUCTION- POLLUTION
TYPES OF POLLUTION
AIR
SOIL
POLLUTION
WATER
NOISE
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION MAY BE DEFINED AS
IMPURE, FOUL OR UNCLEAN
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS DUE TO
PRESENCE OR ACTIVITIES OF
POLLUTANTS THAT PRODUCE
UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS ON HUMAN
AND HIS ENVIRONMENT.
INDOOR
wATER POLLUTION
WATER POLLUTION REFERS TO
DEGRADATION OF WATER QUALITY
AND MAY BE DEFINED AS ANY
PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL CHANGE ON WATER Q UALIETY BY OTHER SUBSTANCES
THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT LIVING
ORGANISMS.
MARINE
GROUND
WATER
SOIL POLLUTION
SOIL POLLUTION MAY BE DEFINED AS
ANY SUBSTANCE CAPABLE OF
CHANGING THE PHYSICAL,
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL
CHARACETRISTICS OF SOIL TO
MAKE THEM INACTIVE AND
INTERFERE WITH THE QUALITY OF
CROP WHICH ADVERSELY AFFECTS
HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS.
NOISE POLLUTION
NOISE IS COMMONLY DEFINED AS
UNWANTED SOUND THAT CAN
PRODUCE AN UNDESIRABLE
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT IN AN
INDIVIDUAL.
POLLUTANTS
A SUBSTANCE OR EFFECT
INTRODUCED INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT IN SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS IN SOLID, SEMI SOLID,
LIQUID, GAS OR SUB MOLECULAR
PARTICLES FORM WHICH HAS A
DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE
ENVIRONMENT AND THEREFROM
THE LIVING ORGANISMS
INCLUDING HUMAN BEINGS IS
CALLED POLLUTANTS.
MAJOR POLLUTANTS
Effects of pollutants
EFFECTS ON HEALTH-
Effects on environment
1) PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG IS
CAUSED BY POLLUTANTS.
2) ACID RAIN, GREEN HOUSE EFFECT,
FOREST DAMAGE,
EUTROPHICATION,
BIOMAGNIFICATION, etc.
Abatement of pollution
1) BY CREATING PUBLIC AWARENESS
etc.
3) BY DEVELOPING GREEN BELT.
4) BY WASTE TREATMENT METHOD.