1.

Soil pollution
a. Effects on Human
i. Illnesses and chronic health diseases.
1. Benzene leukemia
2. Mercury - kidney damage
3. Chronic exposure to heavy metals can be carcinogenic.
ii. Economics losses.
b. Soil fertility
i. Deposition of hazardous chemicals -> soil infertility
ii. Agriculture on contaminated soil produce fruits and vegetable
that lack quality nutrients.
iii. Fertility of the soil decreases.
2. Water Pollution
a. Effects on human health
i. Swimming and drinking in contaminated water
1. skin diseases
2. cancer
3. reproductive problems,
4. typhoid fever
5. stomach ailments
b. Effects on ecosystem
i. Damage to reproductive system in the wildlife ecosystem.
ii. disrupt the natural food chain
iii. Low levels of oxygen - extinction of indigenous organisms.
3. Air pollution
a. Effects on human
i. breathing ailments
1. bronchitis
2. asthma
3. tuberculosis
4. pneumonia
5. Lung cancer.
ii. Worse life quality
iii. Decreased life expectancy
b. Global warming
i. changes in the livelihood of plants and animals
ii. disturbance in agriculture and food production
iii. Melting of snow caps and increase in sea levels.

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I am certain everyone agree when people complain about pollution, but

the big issue is how bad pollution can be, how it is affecting us now,
and how it will affect us in the future.
One of the most is soil pollution. Soil can enter the body directly by
three main pathways: eating, inhalation and through skin lesions, and
causes
The direct contact with soil can

Direct contact with soil may seem distant to most people, especially for
those living in large cities. However, the consequences of a poor
quality of the soil we walk on may be closer than most people think.
There are some different ways soil can enter the body directly: eating,
inhalation and though skin lesion. Assuming soil as our primary source
of food to sustain ourselves, the contamination leads to adverse
consequences for human health. Crops and plants grown on polluted
soil absorb much of the pollution, and then pass these on to us.
According to European Journal of Soil Science, some chemical elements
found in polluted soils such as aluminum, chromium, arsenic, Benzene,
Mercury and others, could cause serious diseases like leukemia and
different types of cancer.