EFFECT OF POLLUTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page – – – – – – – – – i
Certification – – – – – – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – iv
Table of Contents – – – – – – – – v
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION – – – – – – – 1
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 DEFINITION OF POLLUTION – – – – 3
2.1 Air Pollution – – – – – – – 3
2.2 Electromagnetic Pollution – – – – – 4
2.3 Light Pollution – – – – – – – 4
2.4 Plastic Pollution – – – – – – – 4
2.5 Thermal Pollution – – – – – – – 5
2.6 Sources of Pollutants – – – – – – 3
2.7 Natural Sources – – – – – – – 6
2.8 Human Generation – – – – – – 7
2.9 Green House Gas Emissions – – – – – 9
2.10 Types of Pollution – – – – – – – 11
2.11 Water Pollution – – – – – – – 11
2.12 Conventional/Classical Pollutants – – – – 11
2.13 Nonconventional Pollutants – – – – – 12
2.14 Soil Pollution – – – – – – – 12
2.15 Solid Waste Pollution – – – – – – 14
2.16 Air Pollution – – – – – – – 15
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 EFFECT OF POLLUTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT
3.1 Effect of Water Pollution on the Environment – – 16
3.2 Effect of Air Pollution on the Environment – – – 17
3.3 Effect of Soil Pollution on the Environment – – – 20
3.4 Effect of Solid Waste Pollution on the Environment – 22
3.5 Method of Pollution Control – – – – – 23
3.6 Practices – – – – – – – – 24
3.7 Devices – – – – – – – – 25
3.8 Scrubbers – – – – – – – – 25
3.9 Sewage Treatment – – – – – – – 25
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
4.1 Summary – – – – – – – – 27
4.2 Conclusion – – – – – – – – 28
References
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutions, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Although environmental pollution can be caused by natural events, the word pollution generally implies that the contaminants have an anthropogenic source – that is, a source created by human activities. Pollution is often classed as point source or non-point source pollution (Carrington, 2017).
In 2005, pollution killed nine million people Worldwide (one in six deaths) (Beil, 2017). This remained unchanged in 2019, with little real progress against pollution being identifiable. Air pollution counted for ¾ of these earlier deaths (Dickie, 2022).
It may be noted that one of the most difficult and most hazardous type of pollution is the air pollution. In this era of rapid urban development. Air pollution beings. The emissions due to industrial processes and automobiles contribute to the majority of air pollution. It may be noted that air pollution can be broadly subdivided into various categories like air particulate (Sweileh et al. 2018) Pollution which is some. What easy to control in closed confined spaces. Another form of air pollution is the increase in hazardous gases such as carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides as well as gases generated due to high temperature processes in industries and automobiles such as nitrogen oxides. Air pollution is difficult to control due to its ability to occupy large spaces as well as distribute homogenously in the environment. Air pollution is the major cause of respiratory, skin allergies and cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric diseases (Gaddi and Capello 2018). In this chapter, various remedies to prevent air pollution have been discussed in detail.
