Pollution:
The presence of
harmful substances in the air, water and land which can have an adverse effect
on living beings and on the environment is called Pollution.
The word pollution comes from the Latin word
"polluere" that means contamination.
We can say that, Pollution
is the introduction of harmful materials
into the environment. These harmful materials are called pollutants.
Image of Air
Air pollution -
The contamination of the natural air by mixing different
pollutants such as harmful fumes and chemicals.
Causes of Air pollution :
To control the pollution of air around us, we have to
understand the causes of air pollution. There are many factors of the causes of
air pollution. The main causes are :-
1. Use of automobiles.
2. Burning of fossil fuels which emits harmful gases such as
Sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide into the air.
3.) Agricultural activities such as emission of ammonia ,
overuse of insecticides, pesticides and fertilizers.
4.) Industrial activities which emits harmful gases and
chemicals into the air.
5.) Domestic Resources such as the use of chemical points
and overuse of air conditioners, refrigerators, etc.
6) And, Volcanic eruptions,
7.) Forest fires
8. pollen grain of flowers
9. Deforestation
10. Rapid industrialization
11. Mining operations
12. and wars, etc...
Effects of Air pollution :
The effects of air pollution are very dangerous. There are
many effects of air pollution. Some of
them are :-
1. Respiratory and heart problems like asthma, chronic
bronchitis, emphysema , heart attacks and starks along with cancer.
2) The air pollution is very dangerous for child heath. It
also has the potential to damage early brain development in a child and cause
pneumonia that kill amongst a million, children below 5 years.
2. Global warming is the direct effect of air pollution. The
effect of global warming are increasing temperatures worldwide, an increase in
sea levels and melting of ice from colder regions and icebergs.
4. It has Acid Rain due to Air pollution that can cause
great damage to humans, Animals and crop.
3. The effects of air pollution are very dangerous for
animals , like humans. chemicals present in the air can force wildlife species
to move to a new place and change their habitat. The toxic pollutants over the
surface of the water and can also affect sea animal.
And , Depletion of
Ozone layer is the bad effect of air pollution.
Ways to Reduce Air pollution : -
Keeping in mind the future generation, we should try to
reduce air pollution . For this it is important to know how we can reduce air
pollution . Some ways to Reduce air pollution are :-
1) We should use the public. Mode of transportation to
reduce air pollution .
2.) We should understand the concept of Reduce & Reuse
and Recycle and do not throw any items that are of no use to you. Instead,
reuse them for some other purpose.
3) we should save energy large number of fossil fuels
because a of fuels are burnt to produce electricity.
4.). We should reduce or eliminate fireplace and wood stove
use.
5) we should shift to eco -friendly transformation like electric Vehicles.