POLLUTION AND IT'S EFFECT

EFFECT OF POLLUTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

By way of introduction, Environment can be defined as the biological, chemical, and biotic factors, and the forms of conditions surrounding human beings on the earth surface.

The black’s law dictionary also defined environment as the totality of physical, social, cultural, and economic factors that affects the desirability and value of property, and also affect people’s condition of life.

Pollution, on the other hand, refers to any form of human act or activity that alters or changes the natural course or nature of the environment.Pollution can be in various means namely:

Ø  Air pollution.

Ø  Land pollution.

Ø  Water pollution.

Ø  Noise pollution.

AIR POLLUTION

Air pollution can be defined as any form of pollution that endangers the quality of air we breathe.Numerous activities can lead to the air being polluted and they include:gas flaring(which is very common by miners in oil producing states),bush burning, human and animal wastes,and lots more.

LAND POLLUTION

Land pollution is any activity which alters the natural condition of land.Land can be polluted in a number of ways like illegal dumping of refuse on a particular land,oil spillage,which is very common in the Niger delta region, and so on.

WATER POLLUTION

Water pollution occurs when the nature and state of such water is altered.Oil spillage can also be a means for water to get polluted as the oil could find it’s way into rivers, streams, and lakes, endangering the creatures in there and rendering the water unsafe to use.

NOISE POLLUTION

Noise pollution could occur in the following means namely:churches and mosques making use of loud speakers and microphones, vehincles needlessly blasting their horns on the roads, and so on.

EFFECTS OF POLLUTION

Pollution, as stated in the definition, alters the natural course of things in the environment.For instance, various industrial activities like releasing toxic wastes tend to deplete the ozone layer.

Secondly, it can cause certain health hazards.For instance, when wastes are flushed into streams and water bodies, people who use it are at risk of cholera, and other water-borne diseases.

Conclusively, individuals in the society should imbibe the culture of refraining from unfriendly acts that can make the environment unsafe for us to live in.