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- 1. T O P I C : H E A L T H , S O C I A L A N D E N V I RO N M E N TA L R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y T H E M E : P O L L U T I O N
- 2. TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S DEFINITION OF POLLUTION TYPES OF POLLUTION CAUSES OF POLLUTION EFFECTS OF POLLUTION
- 3. P O L L U T I O N C A N B E D E F I N E D A S T H E I N T R O D U C T I O N O R P R E S E N C E O F A S U B S T A N C E I N T O T H E E N V I R O N M E N T W H I C H H A S H A R M F U L E F F E C T S A C C O R D I N G T O ( K H A N . 2 0 1 5 ) P O L L U T I O N I S T H E I N T R O D U C T I O N O F C O N T A M I N A T S I N T O T H E N A T U R A L E N V I R O N M E N T T H A T C A U S E A D V E R S E C H A N G E .
- 4. T Y P E S O F P O L L U T I O N Water pollution Air pollution Land / soil pollution Noise pollution
- 5. W A T E R I S C O N S I D E R E D P O L L U T E D I F S O M E S U B S T A N C E S O R C O N D I T I O N I S P R E S E N T T O S U C H A D E G R E E T H A T T H E W A T E R C A N N O T B E U S E D F O R A S P E C I F I C P U R P O S E . W A T E R P O L L U T I O N T O B E T H E P R E S E N C E O F E X C E S S I V E A M O U N T S O F A H A Z A R D ( P O L L U T A N T S ) I N W A T E R I N S U C H A W A Y T H A T I T I S N O L O N G S U I T A B L E F O R D R I N K I N G , B A T H I N G , C O O K I N G O R O T H E R U S E ( O W A . 2 0 1 4 ) This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND.
- 6. A I R P O L L U T I O N I S T H E I N T R O D U C T I O N O F T O X I C S U B S TA N C E S I N T O T H E A I R W H I C H T H E N M A K E T H E A I R U N H E A LT H Y T O B R E AT H E T O L I V E , W E N E E D T O B R E A T H E . T O B R E A T H E , W E N E E D F R E S H A I R . F R E S H A I R I S O N E O F T H E B A S I C A N D E S S E N T I A L T H I N G S W E N E E D T O L I V E O N E A R T H . F R E S H A I R I S E Q U A L L Y I M P O R T A N T T O E V E R Y O N E U S A S F O O D A N D W A T E R . E V E N P L A N T S N E E D O X Y G E N T O C O N V E R T F O O D I N T O E N E R G Y . F R O M T H E S E T H I N G S , W E C A N U N D E R S T A N D T H E I M P O R T A N C E O F O X Y G E N A N D F R E S H A I R . A P L A C E W I T H O U T O X Y G E N W I L L B E A D E A D Z O N E W I T H N O H U M A N S , A N I M A L S , A N D P L A N T S . W I T H O U T
- 7. • Soil pollution is when the soil is contaminated by different pollutants like toxic chemicals from man-made products or even from wind or precipitation, which are natural pollutants. The chemicals within soil cause reactions with other chemicals that go within it, which could lead to soil contamination or pollution. • Soil pollution is often caused by human activities which are unavoidable to conduct because they are vital to the survival of humans, these activities include mining and agriculture.
- 8. N O I S E P O L L U T I O N • Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of which are harmful to a degree.
- 9. C AU S E S O F P O L L U T I O N • Different forms of pollution can be attributed to different causes, below are the common causes of pollution in general . • Mining • Deforestation • Agriculture • Gas emissions • Illigal dumping/littering
- 10. E F F E C T S O F P O L L U T I O N Climate change Rising sea levels Soil erosion Spread of diseases food insecurity Desertification/ deforestation Droughts
- 11. R E F E R E N C E S • Alloway, B. and Ayres, D.C., 1997. Chemical principles of environmental pollution. CRC press. • Owa, F.D., 2013. Water pollution: sources, effects, control and management. Mediterranean journal of social sciences, 4(8), p.6