Friday, February 8, 2013

LET US LOOK THE SOURCES OF POLLUTION EVERY WHERE IN THE WORLD




When we are talking the sources of pollution we are environmental in life, there for the main sources of pollution is as follows :-
  • Pollution by Industrial effluent, which can contain a variety of substances depending on the type of industry it come from. But the most dangerous compounds are those containing heavy metals such as mercury, silver and lead which are very poisonous. This because  some industries do not have proper disposal mechanisms for these substances. These filter into water catchments areas  such  as  swamps, springs, river valleys eventually  ended this in drinking water, or animals   which  are fed on the grass, growing in the area  then  back into humans. Heavy metal poisoning  causes a variety of disorders and death to many children.
  • Pollution by domestic sewage. If there are no proper sanitation measures on domestic sewage which can  be the source of pollution of water ,the number of ways it can ochre. water from washing of cooking pots,  water  joins to other sewage water from flushed toilets, water with fasces, urine and rotten food and many  other contaminated substances.
Pollution by  agro – chemicals Farmers use a variety of chemicals which  have the potential to pollute water ,which are, Fertilizers of various types such as nitrates, phosphates  and sulphates, dissolve in water and some are carried into water catchments areas  .Water from heavily fertilized areas contain high  level of those compounds which are not good in human bo

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