CHAPTER 3

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

3.1 INTRODUCTION

Pollution of the Environment

Addition of domestic and industrial waste into the environment increases every day and also pollute the environment. The polluted environment causes the maximum ill effects to the human and also the living things in the atmosphere. Our prime duty to make the environment is pollution free.

Definition

Pollution may be defined as “addition of harmful materials into the environment which affects the original nature of the environment and thereby makes the environment is unfit for all the living organisms existing on earth”.

Causes of Pollution

Pollution is caused by the following reasons.

Natural Pollution

Natural pollution is the act of nature and man cannot control ...

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