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Is it ethical?
Unawareness/ Lack of understanding
Carelessness
Awareness Needed
Pollution Control Needed
What are the types of Pollution?
Radioactive
Uranium mining
Harmful radiation (Alpha, Beta, Gamma rays) are emitted
These rays penetrate into human skin and result in many harmful diseases, this effect is long-term and therefore has an impact on generations.
Disposal of nuclear waste
Nuclear weapons
Nuclear powerplants
Thermal
Powerplants creating electricity from the burning of fossil fuels.
Increase in overall global temperature significantly
Soil Erosion
Deforestation of the shoreline
Water used as a cooling agent in industrial facilities.
Noise
Industrial noise
Incompatible Land Use (Wastage)
Rail traffic
Air traffic
Road traffic
Land
Dumping of non-biodegradable materials.
Imbalance of chemical equilibrium to soil medium.
Toxicification of chemicals into poisons.
Decomposition of solid waste.
Water
Dumping radioactive substances
Dumping toxic substances
Release of pathogenic germs
Disturbance in aquatic life
Eutrophication
Dumping waste products
Air
Factories
Transport systems
Saturation of chemical compounds.
Ozone Depletion
Smog
Excess gas/ vapour emission into the atmosphere.
Acid Rain
Global Warming
Planting incorrect trees
What is Pollution?
"Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities" (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn)
