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olluLlon ls Lhe lnLroducLlon of conLamlnanLs lnLo a naLural envlronmenL LhaL causes lnsLablllLy dlsorder
harm or dlscomforL Lo Lhe ecosysLem le physlcal sysLems or llvlng organlsms olluLlon can Lake Lhe
form of chemlcal subsLances or energy such as nolse heaL or llghL olluLanLs Lhe elemenLs of
polluLlon can be elLher forelgn subsLances/energles or naLurally occurrlng conLamlnanLs olluLlon ls
ofLen classed as polnL source or nonpolnL source polluLlon

A|r o||ut|on
Alr polluLlon ls Lhe lnLroducLlon of chemlcals parLlculaLe maLLer or blologlcal maLerlals LhaL cause harm
or dlscomforL Lo humans or oLher llvlng organlsms or cause damage Lo Lhe naLural envlronmenL or bullL
envlronmenL lnLo Lhe aLmosphere lncludlng lacLors LffecLs and 8educLlon efforLs
Water o||ut|on
WaLer polluLlon ls Lhe conLamlnaLlon of waLer bodles (eg lakes rlvers oceans and groundwaLer)
WaLer polluLlon occurs when polluLanLs are dlscharged dlrecLly or lndlrecLly lnLo waLer bodles wlLhouL
adequaLe LreaLmenL Lo remove harmful compounds lncludlng lacLors LffecLs and 8educLlon efforLs
Land o||ut|on
and polluLlon ls Lhe degradaLlon of LarLhs land surfaces ofLen caused by human acLlvlLles and Lhelr
mlsuse of land resources lL occurs when wasLe ls noL dlsposed properly PealLh hazard dlsposal of urban
and lndusLrlal wasLes explolLaLlon of mlnerals and lmproper use of soll by lnadequaLe agrlculLural
pracLlces are a few facLors urbanlzaLlon and lndusLrlallzaLlon are ma[or causes of land polluLlon 1he
lndusLrlal 8evoluLlon seL a serles of evenLs lnLo moLlon whlch desLroyed naLural hablLaLs and polluLed
Lhe envlronmenL causlng dlseases ln boLh humans and oLher specles of anlmals lncludlng lacLors
LffecLs and 8educLlon efforLs