Poor disposal of batteries

1. Impact

2.  Water pollution
 Health problems
 Land degradation
 Environmental degradation

3.  Batteries that are used up may be damped into
rivers and other water reservoirs.
 Dry batteries may get wet and burst thereby
emptying their contents into the water bodies.
 Wet cells that are damped into water bodies
may pour their acids into the water bodies.
 These practices may lead to water pollution.

4.  Several health problems may results from
batteries that are poorly disposed.
 Some of the health problems include:
a) eye irritation,
b) Skin burns,
c) Skin cancers,
d) Digestive infections,
e) Pulmonary infections.

5.  Land degradation refers to poor quality land.
 Poor disposal may lead to land degradation in
the sense that the land may be rendered
uncultivable.
 Batteries buried in soils may introduce acids
into the soil and these acids may kill soil
microbes which would improve soil quality.

6.  Poor disposal of batteries can lead to general
environmental degradation.
 Plants and other terrestrial organisms may face
a hostile environment polluted by battery
acids.
 Fumes and emissions from the batteries can
lead to a polluted environment.

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