Pollution - causes and remedies

Pollution developed into an acute problem everywhere in cities and industrial towns. Presence of smoke and gaseous byproducts of industries in the atmosphere is detrimental to health. Improper disposal of sewage water also causes pollution. The majority form of pollution that is affecting the human kind very badly is air pollution. Poor environment is directly responsible for around 25 per cent of all preventable ill health in the world today, and two-thirds of those affected are children.

 

We cause air pollution directly

• through our use of electricity, fuels, and ransportation. 
  Most of this air pollution we cause results from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline to produce electricity and power our vehicles.
• Road dust, windblown dust, agriculture and construction, fireplaces
• Fuel combustion in motor vehicles, equipment, and industrial sources; residential and agricultural burning. 
• Coal or oil burning power plants and industries, refineries, diesel engines
  People pollute the water with chemicals and other hazardous materials.
• Tobacco smoke , Fire Crackers

 

Effects and Remedies

• Cancer, burning sensation in the eyes or nose, throat irritation, bronchitis, severe asthma, and a decrease in lung function. make us confused and sleepy.
• Stay indoors during days when pollution levels are high. Many pollutants will be at lower levels indoors than outdoors.
• If you have to go outside, limit outside activity to the early morning hours or wait until after sunset. This is important in high ozone conditions because sunshine increases ozone levels.
• Don’t exercise or exert yourself outdoors when air-quality reports indicate unhealthy conditions. The faster you breathe, the more pollution you take into your lungs.

·         Look into installing energy saving lights 
Ride a bike, carpool, walk, or take mass transportation to work
Use reusable lunch containers 
Use reusable cups for coffee and other beverages
 Limit fertilizers and pesticides, especially near lakes and streams

• Recycle plastics, glass, newspaper, used motor oil, transmission fluid and brake fluid
• Reuse grocery bags by taking them with you to the store
  Pack children’s lunches in reusable containers instead of disposal brown and plastic bags
  Start an Eco-Club or form a pollution prevention team