2. • Basically the English world environment is
derived from the french word Environner i.e to
encircle or surround.
•It is strange feeling when we realises that earth is a
very small in the universe alone has the required
environment for life.
•The indian environment is as much affected as the
rest of the world.
•The mandate that each country should have 33% of
its land in forest india has only 22%.
3. MEANING OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION
The expression pollute means " to get spoil or to
make unclean, impure ane unhealthy.
The word pollution is derived from the latin word
polutus which means ' defiled or to make dirty or to
pollute'.
The expression denotes ' the presence of wrong
matter in wrong quantity and at wrong place.'
4. DEFINITION
DEFINITION OF ENVIRONMENT
Environment includes water air land and the
interrelationship which exist ' among and between
water air land and human beings other living
creatures , plants, micro organism and property.
DEFINITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT
According to sec 2(b) of the Environment Protection
Act 1986, Environmental pollutant means ' any solid,
liquid or gaseous substances present in such
concentration as may be or tend to be injurious to
environment.
5. DEFINITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION
According to sec 2(c) of the Environment Protection
Act 1986, Environmental pollution means the
presence in the environment of any en vironmental
pollutants.
Every substances existing in the environment has
definite composition when foreign body is introduced
into it then the substance loses its original character
and qualities.
6. CAUSES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION
A) NATURAL CAUSES
Pollution caused by natural hazards viz. Cyclone, floods,
earthquake, lightening, volcanic erruption etc.
B) ARTIFICIAL CAUSES
I) POPULATION GROWTH
Population growth is a serious threat to the developing
countries like india.
Population growth and the rising standerds of living
increases the discharge of waste products, street
filth,insects and rodents.
7. POPULATION GROWTH CONT....
Urbanisation at faster rate inceases the density of
population and occumulation of domestic waste in
drainage.
Almost all river our country got polluted including
holly river ganga.
8. II) INDUSTRIALISATION
Main source of environment pollutiin is rapid growth
of industrialisation.
Industries releases noxious and hazardous gases
into the atmosphere.
when dust and smoke in the atmosphere combine
with water vapour, it forms smog which is very
dangerous.
1952 4000 died in london (UK) and 8000 person in
tokyo suffered from ear, nose and throat troubles.
Bhopal gas disaster.
9. II) INDUSTRIALISATION
CONT....
Further rapid growth of industrialisation results in
ozone deplition, acid rains.
waste and effluents from the factories are released
into river and hence polluted.
10. III) URBANISATION
Urbanisation is a migration of rural people to urban
area in search of work.
Urbanisation is one of the reasons of pollution
because migrated people would not get the proper
basic facilities so they tries to get the natural
resources by adopting illegal way.
11. IV) DEFORESTATION
Deforestation is yet another area of environment
pollution in the form of soil erosion, increase in the
sediment of river, reservior and river beds.
Seasonal changes leading to floods or droughts.
In the name of development we used to cut down the
trees.
12. PPT MADE BY
WASEEM I. KHAN
Assistant Professor
Shri Shivaji Law College, Parbhani
Maharashtra
Contact @
waseemikhan03@gmail.com