YEAR OF GOOD SERVICE TO THE CITIZEN

THEME: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: AIR POLLUTION, WATER POLLUTION,

NOISE POLLUTION AND SOIL POLLUTION

STUDENT:

- JOSE LUIS LEGUA LAURENCIO

COORDINATOR:

- Ing. RODOLFO RAFAEL SANCHEZ VALENCIA

LENGUAGE:

ENGLISH

UNIVERSITY NATIONAL OF MOQUEGUA SEDE ILO

CARRIER PROFESSIONAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

2017
 Theme: Environmental Pollution | Environmental Engineering

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLLUTION

Environmental Pollution occurs when the natural environment cannot destroy an

element without creating harm or damage to itself. The elements involved are not
produced by nature, and the destroying process can vary from a few days to thousands
of years (that is, for instance, the case for radioactive pollutants). Pollution must be
taken seriously, because it has a negative effect on natural elements that and need
for life to exist on earth, such as water and air. Indeed, without it, or if they were present
on different quantities, animals, including humans and plants could not survive.

Types of Environmental Pollution

One of the greatest problems that the world is facing today is that of environmental
pollution, increasing with every passing year and causing grave and irreparable
damage to the earth. Environmental pollution consists of basic types of pollution.

Air pollution: Air pollution is by far the most harmful form of pollution in our
environment. Air pollution is the introduction of particulates, biological molecules,
or other harmful materials into the Earth's atmosphere, causing disease, death to
humans, damage to other living organisms such as food crops, or the natural or
built environment. Air pollution is cause by the injurious smoke emitted by cars,
buses, trucks, trains, and factories, namely sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and
nitrogen oxides. Evidence of increasing air pollution is seen in lung cancer, asthma,
allergies, and various breathing problems along with severe and irreparable
damage to flora and fauna.

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Water pollution: Water pollution caused industrial waste products released into
lakes, rivers, and other water bodies, has made marine life no longer hospitable.
Humans pollute water with large scale disposal of garbage, flowers, ashes and
other household waste. In many rural areas one can still find people bathing and
cooking in the same water, making it incredibly filthy. Acid rain further adds to water
pollution in the water. In addition to these, thermal pollution and the depletion of
dissolved oxygen aggravate the already worsened condition of the water bodies.

Noise pollution: (also sound pollution, sound disturbance) refers to the excessive
and troublesome sound that is injurious to health. Noise pollution refers to the
presence of such levels of noise or sound in the environment that are disturbing,
irritating and annoying to living beings. It is one of the major cause for deafness
and other health hazards. Even animals suffer from excessive environmental
noise.

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Soil pollution: which can also be called soil contamination, is a result of acid rain,
polluted water, fertilizers etc., which leads to bad crops. Soil contamination occurs
when chemicals are released by spill or underground storage tank leakage which
releases heavy contaminants into the soil.

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