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ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIROMENTAL POLLUTION

ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIROMENTAL POLLUTION
Environment as the name implies simply means our surroundings and natural world.
Some of the natural things among us include:
1. Trees
2. Mountains
3. Rivers
4. Air

As beautiful as our environment looks, there are still other things that make our environment not to be conducive for us; this will lead us to environmental pollution.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Environmental pollution is defined as the release of toxic harmful substances into the environment by their natural force or man and his resources. In their words environmental pollution is the release of harmful substances into the environment that are harmful to man, these substances are called pollutants.
There are four major types of environmental pollution, this include:
1. Air pollution
2. Land pollution
3. Water pollution
4. Noise pollution

AIR POLLUTION: This is a pollution that affects the air around us.
SOURCES OF OUR POLLUTION
1. Burning from vehicle exhaust, coal mining and cement factory
2. Industrial processes such as electric plants that use radioactive substances.
3. Burning of fuel in cars, other combustion engines and some industrial processes

EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION
1. It causes suffocation
2. It causes irritation of the eye, lungs and skin
3. It irritates the respiration system
4. It reduces visibility



CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION
1. Chemical waste should discharge into the air through fumes chambers.
2. Industries should be sited far away from residential areas.
3. Conditions must be created for complete combustion of fuel in internal combustion engines

LAND POLLUTION : It is the pollution that affects our land
SOURCES OF LAND POLLUTION
1. Refuse from homes, offices, industries and markets
2. Sewage from homes and offices
3. Chemical waste from industries
4. Oil drilling or oil spillage


EFFECTS OF LAND POLLUTION
1. It causes offensive odour when refuse decay
2. It can cause respiratory disorder
3. It destroys plants and animals life
4. I prevents proper use of land

CONTROL OF LAND POLLUTION
1. Refuse should be burnt in incinerators
2. Sewage should be properly treated before disposal
3. Urban waste should be burnt or braced


WATER POLLUTION: This is the pollution that affects our water.
SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION
1. Sewage from city sewage city system
2. Chemical wastes from industries and ships
3. Excreta or faces from humans and animals
4. Oil spillage
5. pesticide washed by erosion from farms

EFFECTS OF WATER POLLUTION
1. It makes water unfit for human consumption
2. It destroys aquatic plants and animals
3. It produces unpleasant odours
4. It serve as a medium for the growth of pathogens

CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION
1. Their should be efficient and proper sewage disposal system
2. Dumping of refuse or petrol-chemical by-products into river should be avoided
3. Government or local authorities should strictly monitor all industrial waste.
4. Industries should be sited far away from residential areas.

NOISE POLLUTION
SOURCES OF NOISE POLLUTION
1. Noise from factories
2. Thunder noise
3. Aeroplane and car noise
4. Generator noise


EFFECTS OF NOISE POLLUTION
1. It causes loss of hearing or deafness
2. It can cause emotional disorder
3. It can cause high blood pressure

CONTROL OF NOISE POLLUTION
1. There should be reduction of noise from loud speakers and car sans
2. Railway and airport should be sited far away from residential areas
3. There should be installation of soundproof in industries and generators

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
Environment as I have earlier stated include everything around us. But there are certain thing that has made this environment not to be suitable for us, which I termed environmental pollution.
Environmental pollution is of four types: Air, Water, Land and Noise.
Environmental pollution can cause respiratory disorder, bad drinking water, offensive odour, irritating environment e.t.c.
We can check thE environmental pollution by providing proper sewage line, burning of bin waste in incinerator, locating of industries far from residential areas e.t.c. if this and many more are implied our environment will be suitable for us.

Sincerly

Halidu Mohammed Tasihu

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