Environmental pollution

 By Maina Gam

Abstract

Our environment faces several problems and many of these seem to be worsening with time, bringing us into a time of a true environmental crisis. Therefore enhancing public awareness of these problems is essential to lessen their detrimental effects. Environmental pollution is increasing day by day and imposing severe and irreversible damage to the world. It is of different types: air, water, soil, noise, light, etc. Urbanization and technological development have put the survival of the planet in danger by degrading the quality of the environment’s essential elements—air, water and soil—due to the release of hazardous waste from factories like plastics, heavy metals, nitrates, burning of fossil fuels, acid rain, oil spills and industrial toxins. Urbanization and overpopulation have increased city noise and light pollution. Polluting agents are exponentially increasing in modern society, disturbing the ecological balance and posing extinction problems for different animal and bird species. This is because the destruction of plants, especially trees, by acid rains disturbs the natural environment of animals. The effect of pollution on the health of human being is well known, but it is a dire need to understand the link between environmental pollutants and mental health. In terms of strategies to solve the upcoming issues regarding environmental health, planning followed by action should be considered as a ground base for the manifestation of desired results in this direction. The possible solutions may include switching to eco-friendly electric vehicles, encouraging shared mobility, replacing fossil fuels with sustainable renewables like solar, wind, etc., and promoting green building. This chapter broadly reviews the causes of environmental pollution, its impact on living forms and the possible solutions to minimize the irreparable losses to nature and us.

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