Environment

Concern
ENVIRONMENT CONCERN

Pooja khandelwal
 POLLUTION
 Pollution is an undesirable change in the
physical, chemical or biological characteristics
of air, water and soil.

 Pollution is the introduction of contaminants

into a natural environment that causes
instability, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem
i.e. physical systems or living organisms.
 TYPE OF
POLLUTION

AIR
POLLUTI LAND`
ON POLLUTI
WATER ON
POLLUTIO
N
 Air Water
pollution pollution

Land pollution
 AIR POLLUTION
Addition of any unwanted substances occurred
in the air, then it is called air pollution
 EFFECT OF URBANISATION
 Malaria and dengue fever are
two of the common diseases
spreading as a result of
urbanization

 Harmful gases due to waste

material causes many
diseases such as bronchitis,
pneumonia
 EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL
POLLUTION
 Uncontrolled cutting of
trees result in increase in
carbon dioxide level in the
atmosphere

 Respiratory system of
effected by cancer, asthma
 EFFECT OF AUTOMOBILE
POLLUTION
 Impair the body’s immune
system
 Reduce the release of oxygen
to body tissues
 Increase a person’s risk of
cancer-related death
 Contribute to birth defects,
low birth weight, and infant
deaths
 Harm blood vessels in healthy
individuals
 WATER POLLUTION

 When any undesirable

substance mixes with water it
become contaminated this
results in water pollution.

 Sources of water pollution is

oils heavy metals, detergents,
domestic water, pesticides,
fertilizers. industrial water
and radioactive waters, etc are
commonly found in polluted
water
 HARMFUL EFFECT OF WATER
POLLUTION
1 Mercury, cadmium, cobalt and
other impurities dissolved in
water causes Diarrhea

2 Water pollution is responsible for

death of microorganisms and
fisher

3 Depletion of oxygen content in

water, mostly due to speeding
of oil spills on surface of water,
affects respiration in organisms
 CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION

1 Sewage Treatment

 Sewage should be converted into useful organic

waste before being discharged into water bodies.

 Sewage water is mixed with air and bacteria

which digest organic waste.

 The water free form microorganism it is treated

by various methods lick chlorination,
evaporation, exchange and absorption.
2 Oxidation pond
National Environment,
Engineering Research
Institute Nagpur
development a method
By which polluted water
is treated
The polluted water is
stored in a sallow pond
which is called oxidation
pond
 LAND POLLUTION
 Land pollution is
defined as the build-up
in soils of persistent
toxic compounds,
chemicals, salts,
radioactive materials, or
disease causing agents,
which have adverse
effects on plant growth
and animal health.
 HARMFUL EFFECTS OF LAND
POLLUTION
 Land pollution can affect
wildlife, plants, and humans
in a number of ways, such as:

 Cause problems in the

respiratory system .
 Cause problems on the skin
 Lead to birth defects.
 Cause various kinds of cancers.
EFFECT OF HUMAN HEALTH
THANK YOU

Pooja khandelwal