WE CAN DO IT BETTER
Pollution and
its effects
WATER POLLUTION | Fresh and clean water are essential to the
survival of every living being. But with the increase of industry, mostly big
dimension factories, the water is now a major target of toxic waste. The
polluted water damages the marine ecosystems, mostly causing ecological
imbalance, fish contamination and other marine species that are consumed by
people and the deaths of birds that feed upon contaminated fish. In one of the
most prejudicial accidents such as is the case of oil leakage, it is also
common the death of many animals, birds, fish and other species, when they come
in contact with the polluted waters, causing very high mortality rates,
depending on the population of marine animal species, besides the water of
beaches becomes unfit for bathing when the black tides reach the coast.
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NOISE POLLUTION | Noise pollution is a type of pollution
propagated by sound. This pollution is caused by the production of sounds with
high intensity. Generally, these sounds are sounds that become unbearable,
becoming regarded as disturbing noise. In the developed society we live in,
industry and commerce are constantly evolving, the construction of buildings
has increased, companies have increased their production and consumers have
sought to buy more and better products, even with the economic crisis we are
experiencing, it all adds to this type of pollution due to the various sources
of noise all these activities create. It causes insomnia, stress, depression,
hearing loss, aggression, lack of attention and concentration, memory loss,
headaches, increase in blood pressure, fatigue, deafness. It is a consequence
of nowadays society and is considered one of the most troubling kinds of pollution
that exist nowadays.
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SOIL POLLUTION | It is constituted by undue presence in the
soil of foreign chemicals, such as solid waste or liquid waste produced by
humans that may harm life forms and their regular development. It causes the
contamination of aquifers, essential to human life, the death of various fauna
and floral species, changes in the natural food cycles, originates new diseases
in humans and causes desertification of natural landscapes with the added
consequences the degradation of the ecosystem brings to human life.
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AIR POLLUTION | Aerial pollution is originated in the types
and amounts of pollutants found in the atmosphere. It is especially common in
large cities and affects not only men but also animals and plants. The air
pollutants may be various types of toxic gases and may have solid particles. It
causes an increase in global temperature, intensifies the greenhouse effect,
may cause acid rain, decreases of mass in the ozone layer, and may ultimately
lead to the development of heart disease in the humans living permanently in
these environments.
Reuse,
Reduce, Recycle! The Earth is our greatest gift as it gives us life. We must
repay it with justice. We can do it better!
By FEPSET Students
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