Tag: water too little to waste

Contaminated water can cause many types of diarrheal diseases, including cholera, and other serious illness such as guinea worm diseases, typhoid, and dysentery.

Water pollution is the second most imperative environmental concern along with air pollution.

Industrial or man-made concentrations of naturally occurring substances, such as nitrate and ammonia associated with livestock manure from agricultural operations, have also been identified as health hazards in soil and groundwater.

Contaminated or polluted soil directly affects human health through direct contact with soil, or via inhalation of soil contaminants which have vaporized. Chronic exposure to benzene at sufficient concentrations is known to be associated with higher incidence of leukemia. 

Any form of pollution that can trace its immediate source to industrial practices is known as industrial pollution.
Industrial pollution takes on many faces. It contaminates many sources of drinking water, releases unwanted toxins into the air and reduces the quality of soil all over the world

Industrial pollution is the contamination of the environment by businesses, particularly plants and factories, that dump waste products into the air and water. Industrial waste is one of the largest contributors to the global pollution problem endangering people and the environment.

Acid rain is the rainfall made so acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, chiefly to forests and lakes. The main cause is the industrial burning of coal and other fossil fuels, the waste gases from which contain sulphur and nitrogen oxides which combine with atmospheric water to form acids.

Those waste materials which can be broken down to non-poisonous substances in nature in due course of time by the action of micro-organisms like certain bacteria, are called biodegradable waste. 
Cattle dung and compost are common examples of biodegradable waste. Other examples are animal bones, leather, tea leaves, wool, paper and wheat.

Taj Mahal is situated in Agra. The air in this place contains serious levels of sulphur and nitrogen oxides. This is due to the large number of power plants and industries set up around this area. All these led to acid rain. Acid rain reacted with the marble (calcium carbonate) of Taj Mahal. This caused damage to this wonderful structure, which had attracted many people from different parts of the world.

Mining, deforestation, and utilization of water resources for industrial production have destroyed natural habitats and forced organisms to move further into the wild, exposing them to predators and intolerable living conditions. Consequently, some wildlife species have faced extinction while several others remain highly endangered.