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Waste management | health cause of waste and pollution

Waste:

                                

Waste


Waste are unwanted or unusable material. Which has huge environmental impacts and cause serious problem. some waste will eventually rot, but not all, and the process it may smell or generate methane gas. Which can be explosive and contributes to greenhouse effect. Here the plastic pollution causes harm to both human and animal. It can take to hundred or even thousand years to break down. So , the environment damage is long lasting. It affect all organisms in the food chain from tiny species like plankton through to whale.

Importance to prevent wastes:

One of the bigger reason to reduce waste is your and your family health. Due to these wastes everything is polluted such as

Water: water is colorless, tasteless and odorless substance found all over the earth. Water is made up of billions of molecules. Water on our planet flows as liquid in river, streams and oceans. Here water pollution is usually as a result of human activities. There are many causes that pollute the water such as

  • industrial waste
  • marine dumping
  • mining activities
  • sewage and wastewater
  • the accidental oil leakage.
  • Chemical fertilizer and pesticides.


Water pollution

Soil: Soil contamination or soil pollution is a part of our daily life. It is typically caused by industrial activities , agricultural chemical or improper disposal of wastes. Disposal of industrial wastes is the major problem for soil pollution sources. Industrial pollutants are mainly discharge by pulp, paper mills, chemical fertilizer, oil refineries, sugar factories, textiles etc..

Soil pollution

                    

Air: Air pollution introduce into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects. It is a mixture of solid particles and gases in the air. Chemical from factories, dust, pollen and mold spores may be suspended as particles. There are many other causes of air pollutions . the burning of fossil fuels. Sulfer dioxide emitted from the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, petroleum and other factory combustibles are one of the major cause of air pollution.

  • Forest fire.
  • Home cooking.
  • Agricultural activities
  • Mining operations
  • Indoor air pollution.

Air pollution

                  

Noise: Unwanted sound can damage physiological health. noise pollution is associated with several health conditions, including cardiovascular, high stress level, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep disturbances and other harmful and disturbing effects. The source of noise pollution are-

  • Industrial vehicles
  • Transport vehicles
  • Agricultural machine
  • Defence  equipment


Noise

                         

Pollution causes on health:

There are many causes on health by air pollution, soil pollution, water pollution and noise pollution.

Air pollution effects: there are long term effects on health and can be permanent due to polluted air . Like accelerated aging of the lungs. Loss of lung capacity and decreased lungs function. And develop the diseases such as asthma, bronchitis and possibly cancer.

                    

Soil pollution on effects: living, working and playing in the contaminated soil can lead to respiratory diseases, skin diseases, and other diseases. And it can cause other health problem.

Water pollution effects: some time water borne diseases such as typhoid, cholera, paratyphoid, fever, jaundice and malaria. When chemicals in the water also have negative effects on our health. Pesticide can damage the nervous system and cause cancer because of the carbonates and organophosphates that they contain. Drinking and swimming in polluted water can cause cancer.

                           

Noise pollution effect: excessive noise has been shown to cause a range of health problem ranging from stress, poor concentration, productivity losses in the work place and communication difficulties and fatigue from lack of sleep. Industrialization is most of the industries use big machines which generates more noise. The other pollution are such as-

  • Social event
  • Transportation
  • Household chores
  • Health issue
  • Playing loud music
  • Construction activities

 

Health causes of pollution


Facts on health:

These pollution causes damages to crops, animal, forest and bodies of water. its's also contributes to depletion of the ozone layer, which protects the earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays. some of the other environmental effects of pollution are haze, eutrophication and global climate change. here the groups most people affected by air pollution are people of color elderly residents, children with uncontrolled asthma and people living in poverty. vulnerable population may experience more health effects because these population already have higher rates of heart and lung conditions.





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