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    POLLUTION

    BY: MAHAM ALI


    HAMNAH RIZWAN
    HANYA SARFARAZ
    What is “POLLUTION”?
     The presence of substances in the environment which are toxic and have
    harmful impact on the surrounding as well as the impact of human
    actions on the quality of aquatic and terrestrial environment is known as
    pollution.
    EXAMPLES OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES
     Carbon dioxide and Methane gas
     Sewage
     Fertilizers
     Plastic
     Pesticides
    TYPES OF POLLUTION

    WATER POLLUTION LAND POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION


    HOW ARE WE POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT?
     Sewage:
    Sewage pollution can allow diseases such as cholera diarrhea, dysentery,
    hepatitis A, typhoid and polio to spread. Bacteria of diseases like typhoid
    and cholera can contaminate drinking water through the faeces of the
    infected person and spread to a huge population.
    For this reason, among others, untreated sewage must not be emptied into
    rivers, and must be treated at sewage works so the human waste can
    broken down by bacteria and made harmless.
     Pesticides:
    Marine habitat around the globe are becoming contaminated with pesticides..
    Pesticides may become more concentrated as they move along the food chain a. In
    large organisms, the concentration can be toxic. DDT, an insecticide, was banned in
    US and India due to its adverse effects on wildlife and humans.
    -Soluble pesticides were carried away by water molecules especially during the
    precipitation event by percolating downward into the soil layers and eventually
    reach surface waters and groundwater. Consequently, it degrades water quality and
    reduces the supply of clean water for potable water-
     FERTILIZERS:
    Large concentration of nitrate(NO3) and phosphate(PO4) from
    sewage and farmlands cause excessive growth of microscopic
    plants, this results in shortage of oxygen in water for the marine life,
    resulting in death of aquatic animals and threatens the whole
    ecosystem.

     DISCARDED PLASTIC:
    Plastic is not biodegradable, meaning, it can not be decomposed or
    broken down by decomposers when left as litter. This means that
    they remain in the environment taking up valuable space or causing
    visual pollution. Either this or the plastic is burned which is also
    going to cause air pollution.
    As the plastics in water gradually deteriorate, they fragment into
    tiny
    pieces which are then eaten by fish and birds, making them ill.
    EUTROPHICATION
     Eutrophication is the enrichment of natural waters with nutrients
    that allow the water to support an increasing amount of plant life.
    This process takes place naturally in many inland waters, but is
    usually very slow. The large amount of enrichments that results
    from human activities leads to an overgrowth of microscopic
    algae.
     Eutrophication is caused by nitrate and phosphate runoff from
    farmlands, effluent from aquaculture ponds as well as municipal
    and industrial discharge. Factory farming and Use of Detergents,
    with high phosphate levels, are the main cause of eutrophication
    in this age.
    THANK YOU !

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