Introduction
The increasing growth in Science and Technology in the
modern times has made the life of the human beings more convenient, easy and
with full of joy and happiness. But in the race to reach the top we have
completely forgotten the basis of our life, our mother nature. We have taken Mother
Nature for granted and focused mainly on our greed rather than fulfilling our
need. This blind rat race has given birth to the world's biggest issue, Pollution.
What is Pollution?
Whenever we hear the
word Pollution, the picture which comes in our mind is smoke and fumes coming
out of the chimneys of the factories, dirty water, bad quality of the air etc. Basically
pollution is the mixing of pollutants in air, water and other naturally
available resources. These pollutants mix with the substances and degrade its
quality making it unfit for consumption. These pollutants when mixes with air
results in air pollution, when mixes with water, it causes water pollution as
well as other types of pollution.
Types of Pollution:
There are various types of pollution present in the modern
world and the list is increasing day by day. Following are the major types of
pollution which are affecting the living beings as well as the ecosystem of the
world.
Air Pollution:
Air Pollution is the most common type of pollution which is
directly affecting the life of human beings across the world. It has affected
millions of people and intoxicated the natural air. The air is getting polluted
by majorly by the man-made causes as well as the natural reason but the
proportion of human interference is more.
The pollutants coming out of the chimneys of factories have
made fresh and healthy air as toxic and poisonous. This causes many health
issues like Lung Infections, Asthma, Allergy and may also result in fatal
condition like cancer.
Water Pollution:
Water Pollution is another result of increasing urbanization
and industrialization. The waste water coming from the sewage of household as
well as the drainage of industries mixes with the surface water making it
contaminated and unhealthy.
The use of pesticides and fertilizers also affect the
groundwater when it seeps gradually and makes the groundwater toxic. The
contaminated water affects the health of the living beings causing diseases
like Cholera, Typhoid and stomach infections which might sometimes turn out to
be fatal.
Soil Pollution:
The increasing demand for food has led to the increasing
yield of agriculture. Fertilizers and insecticides used to increase the yield
of agriculture produce has led in making the land infertile and affecting the
flora and fauna of nearby areas.
The increasing use of these chemical based fertilizers has
reduced the fertility of land and also leads to polluting surface as well as
the groundwater.
Prevention of Pollution:
The greed of human race has led to the pollution and it is
only us who can prevent it by taking few steps. We have provided few steps
which could surely help in fighting pollution :
- Government should take strict steps to stop disposal of untreated sewage water directly into the river.
- Reducing the use of vehicles and relying more on alternate source of energy like e vehicle and solar power.
- The practice of reduce reuse and recycle should be followed
- Do not dispose any Chemicals medicine for oil directly to the drainage system.
- Reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides and relying more on Bio-Fertilizers.
- Planting more and more trees and protecting the existing ones.
Conclusion:
Day by day pollution is turning out to be a monster and if
there are no steps taken now then it would pose a serious question of survival
for the human race. As a human being it is our prime responsibility that we
should do our bit in protecting our ecosystem. If a collective action is taken
against pollution then only we could gift a clean, green and save environment
to our future generations.
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