Environmental pollution
Pollution is the release of substances into the air, water or in quantities or to the level that are harmful to man, animals and plants
It can also be defined as the process of making air, water or soil dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use, or the state being dangerously dirty
Types of environment pollution
- Air pollution : This is the release of harmful substances in the atmosphere
- Water pollution : Discharge of harmful substances in water
- light pollution
- noise pollution
- soil contamination
- radioactive contamination
- thermal pollution
- littering
- plastic pollution
Causes of pollution
- Discharge of harmful substances like smoke
- Oil spillage
- Discharge of industrial waste
- Lack of environment sanitation
- Nutrient pollution is caused by wastewater, sewage, and fertilizers
- The burning of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity produces
effects of pollution
- It causes airbone diseases
- It causes food poisoning
- Destruction of aquatic life
- lack of fresh water for domestic use
- Causes suffocation
- infant mortality
- allergy
- cardiovascular disorders
- increase in stress oxidative
- respiratory disorders