This slides explains the worst side of polluting the environment

2. “Earth provides enough to satisfy
every man’s need
But not every man’s greed”
-Mahatma Gandhi-

3. ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION AS A
SOCIAL PROBLEM
Madhuja Pabasara

4. WHAT IS
POLLUTION?
Contamination of harmful substances to the
environment is POLLUTION

5. REASONS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
 Industrialization
 Urbanization
 Natural Disasters
 Deforestation

6. CAUSES
Natural Causes Man made Causes
Soil erosion Sewage Disposal
Deposition of dead and
decaying remains of plants and
animals
Industrial Waste
High speed winds Agricultural Waste
Floods Human Activities
Oil Spills

7. TYPES OF POLLUTION
 AIR POLLUTION
 WATER POLLUTION
 LAND POLLUTION
 SOUND POLLUTION

8. AIR POLLUTION
 Air pollution is the contamination of the air by toxic
substances.
CAUSES
EFFECTS
• Industrial smoke
• Garbage
• Cigarette smoking
• Crackers
• Smoke from burning
• Auto mobile exhaust
• Acid Rain
• Haze
• Effects on Wild Life
• Ozone Depletion
• Green House Effect
• Global Warming
• Diseases on human

9. The presence of harmful substances and toxic materials
in water is known as water pollution
CAUSES
EFFECTS
• Malaria
• Cholera
• Typhoid (spread during
the rainy season)
• Harmful to the marine
animals
• Oil
• Industrial waste
• Pesticides
• Garbage
• Organic waste
WATER POLLUTION

10. LAND POLLUTION
 The process by which soil fertility is lost is called
LAND pollution.
CAUSES
EFFECTS
• Deforestation.
• Pesticides.
• Excess use of
chemical fertilizer.
• Increase in global
temperature
• Change in climate
• Effects ozone
layer
• Melt glaciers

11. Noise pollution
 The presence of intolerable & loud sound in the air
is called noise pollution.
CAUSES
• Machines in
factories
produce a lot
of sound.
• Vehicles’
blowing horn.
• Loudspeaker,
used in
functions &
meetings.

12. EFFECTS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
 Death and disease through natural disasters
- heat waves
- Floods
- Droughts
- Tsunami
 Diseases
- Malaria
- Diarrhea
-dengue fever
- Respiratory Diseases
- Blue Baby Syndrome
- Eye irritation
 Global Warming
- too much of CO2
 Damage the Ozone Layer
- Releasing CFC,HCFC
 Acid Rain
 Climate Change

14. ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION AS A
SOCIAL PROBLEM

15. CONTROL
 Public Awareness
 Raising of green belts should be provided
 Industrial gases should be treated before
discharge in the atmosphere
 Use of environmental friendly fuels
Ex: LPG
Natural Gas
Bio Gas

16. REFERENCES
 The environment : Issues and choices for
society by Penelope ReVelle and Charles
Revelle.
 The environment : Issues and choices for
society - second edition by Penelope ReVelle
and Charles Revelle.
 Protecting Health from Climate change –
World Health Organization

17. THANK YOU