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INTRODUCTION
TYPES OF POLLUTION
CAUSES OF POLLUTION
HOW TO CONTROL POLLUTION
EFFECTS OF POLLUTION
HOW TO PREVENT IT
WHEN HARMFUL SUBSTANCES
CONTAMINATE THE ENVIRONMENT IT IS
CALLED POLLUTION.
POLLUTION REFERS TO VERY BAD
CONDITION OF ENVIRONMENT IN TERMS
OF QUANTITY AND quality.
Pollution is when something is
added to the environment harmful
or poisonous to all living things.
I. AIR POLLUTION-
it refers to the release of pollutant
into the air that are detrimental to
human health and the planet as a
whole.
Air pollution occurs when harmful or
excessive quantities of substances
including gases, particulates, and
biological molecules are introduced
into Earth's atmosphere .
MAJOR SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION:-
INDUSTRIES
AUTOMOBILES
DOMESTIC FUELS
HIGH PROPORTION OF UNDESIRABLE
GASES, SUCH AS SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND
CARBON MONOXIDE.
• HUMAN HEALTH
• ANIMALS
• PLANTS
• THE ATMOSPHERE AS WHOLE
YES, WE CAN AVOID AIR POLLUTION AS
FOLLOWS:-
USE OF NATURAL GAS LIKE LPG IN
AUTOS, BUSes ETC…
DO NOT BURST CRACKERs.
USE OF AMOUNT OF FUELS IN VEHICLES.
USE OF ELECTRIC STOVES.
II. WATER POLLUTION-
THE CONTAMINATION OF WATER WITH
UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES WHICH MAKES
IT UNFIT FOR USAGE IS TERMED AS WATER
POLLUTION.
ABOUT 40% OF DEATHS WORLDWIDE ARE
CAUSED BY WATER POLLUTION.
WATER POLLUTION IS CAUSED BY
ORGANSIC AND INORGANIC INDUSTRIAL
WASTES AND AFFLUESNTS DISCHARGED
INTO RIVERS.
DISEASES LIKE CHOLERA,MALAYRIA,
TYPHOID ETC.
The main problem caused by water
pollution is that it kills organism
that depends on these water bodies
Water pollution has been documented
as a wide range of health problems
and disorder in human
o RIVERS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR
WASHING CLOTHES OR BATHING
ANIMALS IN.
o HARVESTING OF RAINWATER TO MEET
WATER REQUIREMENTS.
o IN SACRED RIVER LIKE GANGA THE
DEAD BODIES SHOULDN’T THROWN.
o DAMS AND EMBANKMENTS MUST BE
CREATED.
III. noise POLLUTION-
NOISE CAN BE SIMPLY DEFINED AS UNWANTED
SOUND.
THE SOUND IS PLEASANT OR NOT DEPENDS
UPON ITS LOUDNESS, DURATION, RYTHM AND
THE MOOD OF PERSON.
TRAFFIC NOISE
AIR CRAFT NOISE
NOISE FROM CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL
ENGENEERING WORKS.
NOISE FROM INDUSTRIES.
NOISE FROM LOUD SPEAKERS.
NOISE FROM OTHER SOURCES.
HEARING LOSS.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
STRESS.
SLEEP DISTURBANCE.
COLOR BLINDNESS.
NOISE ALSO CAUSE ANXIETY STRESS
REACATION AND FRIGHT.
o THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENSURE NEW
MACHINES THAT SHOULD BE NOISE
PROOF.
o AIRPORTS MUST BE AWAY FROM
RESIDENTIAL AREA.
o THE SOUND HORN SYMBOL IS TO BE IN
SCHOOL ROADS.