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What is pollution? How many types of

pollution? De ne it.

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The word pollution comes from the Latin

‘polluere’ that simply means contamination.
Hence, in layman terms, pollution is something
that contaminates the environment. The
presence of harmful substances in the air,
land, and water, which can have an adverse
e ect on living beings and on the environment
is pollution. Referring to harmful gases, uid or
other pernicious matter that are released or
introduced in the natural environment. It is
also toxic material that makes the soil and air
impure, pollutants, contaminants, or
hazardous substances that makes the
environment unsuitable or unsafe. Pollution is
also consequential after e ect of activities
which upsets the biodiversity of the
ecosystem. It also poses a threat to the
sustainability of the environment. 

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The di erent types of pollution are as

follows:-
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• Air Pollution: -REGISTER

It is the NOW
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natural air by mixing it with di erent
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chemicals. This type of contamination can be
caused by burning material or by gases
emitted by vehicles or harmful fumes emitted
as a by-product of industries. Global warming
is one of the biggest side e ects of air
pollution as per the experts.

• Water Pollution:- It is the contamination of

the water on the planet Earth. It includes water
contamination by pollutants such as bacterial,
chemical, and particulate that reduces the
purity of the water. Oil seepage, as well as
littering is one of the most common forms of
pollution. It mainly occurs in lakes, oceans,
rivers and even underground reservoirs. 

• Soil Pollution:- It is also known as land

pollution. It is the contamination of the soil or
the land that prevents the growth of natural
life. It includes land usage for irrigation, wildlife
as well as habitation. The very common causes
of soil pollution include hazardous wastage,
mining as well as littering, non-sustainable
farming practice, seepage into the soil, etc.  

• Noise Pollution:- It is the loud noises which

are fashioned by human activities that disturb
the standard of living in the a ected area. It
can shoot from things such as railroads, tra c,
loud music, concerts, aeroplanes, reworks
etc. This can even result in permanent or
temporary loss of hearing as well as
disturbances to wildlife.

• Radioactive Pollution:- This is one of the

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forms of pollution. It is
enormously harmful andNOW
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death. We are witting this type of pollution
from the 20th century. It evolved with the rise
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of atomic physics and nuclear weapons.
Radioactive pollution results in the pollution of
the air and land with radioactive poisoning.
Leakages or accidents at nuclear power plants,
as well as from improper disposal of nuclear
waste are also reasons for this pollution. This
pollution results in birth defects, cancer,
deteriorating of health and even death.

Thus, somewhere we can understand that all

types of pollutions are interrelated and
indirectly can be a cause for each other. As air
pollution has a direct relation to thermal
pollution. Light pollution is caused by energy
companies that require burning fossil fuels. In
return, they increase air pollution and it
increases water pollution. As one can see,
there is a connexion between all the types of
pollution. To ght the pollution, it might seem
like a frightening task for one person, but even
doing a little bit sometimes helps. In fact,
reduction in water wastage, consuming less
light or even not littering can result in reducing
pollution massively.

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