damaging effects in the brain and

central nervous system.

Cause diseases, including cancer,

lupus, immune diseases, allergies, and

asthma.

Higher levels of background

radiation have led to an increased

incidence of cancer and mortality
associated with it worldwide.

Bad air quality can kill. Ozone

pollution can cause sore throats,

inflammation, chest pain and
congestion.

Oil spills can cause skin irritations

and rashes. Noise pollution induces

hearing loss, high blood pressure, stress
and sleep disturbance.

C ontaminat

ion caused by
pollution
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Pollution is the release of
chemical, physical, biological
or radioactive contaminants to
the environment.
PRINCIPAL FORMS OF
POLLUTION:
air pollution the release of chemicals
and particulates into the atmosphere.
Example: carbon monoxide, sulfur
dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
water radioactive
pollution contamination added in the wake of
affects 20th-century discoveries in atomic
oceans and physics.
inland
bodies of noise
water.May pollution
also occur in which
the form of
thermal
pollution and the
depletion of dissolved
oxygen.Examples:
encompasses roadway noise,
aircraft noise, industrial noise as
well as high-intensity sonar.
organic and inorganic
chemicals, heavy metals, light pollution includes light
petrochemicals, trespass, over-illumination and
chloroform, and bacteria. astronomical interference.
soil contamination often occurs when visual pollution, which can refer to the
chemicals are released by spill or presence of overhead power lines,
underground storage tank leakage. highway billboards, scarred landforms
Example: hydrocarbons, heavy metals, (as from
MTBE, herbicides, pesticides and strip
chlorinated hydrocarbons.
mining), open storage of junk or
municipal solid waste. We inhale 20,000 L of air/day.

Pollution causes 150,000

premature deaths per year worldwide.

Acute health effects: can be life

threatening within hour or days or

irritate preexisting conditions such as
asthma.

Some pollutants are known or

suspected carcinogens (cause cancer).

Diesel fumes are presumed carcinogens
since they contain carcinogenic
materials.

Pollution can kill plants and

animals and destroy buildings and

outdoor artistic/historic structures.