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Types and Sources of Pollution Explained

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the environment at levels that harm or discomfort living organisms. There are six main types of pollution: air, water, noise, land, radioactive, and thermal. Air pollution comes from vehicle exhaust, power plants, industrial processes, and other sources. Water pollution involves contaminating water sources with substances like petroleum, chemicals, and waste. Land pollution deposits solid waste and toxins in the soil from sources like mining, sewage, and industry. [END SUMMARY]

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Types and Sources of Pollution Explained

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the environment at levels that harm or discomfort living organisms. There are six main types of pollution: air, water, noise, land, radioactive, and thermal. Air pollution comes from vehicle exhaust, power plants, industrial processes, and other sources. Water pollution involves contaminating water sources with substances like petroleum, chemicals, and waste. Land pollution deposits solid waste and toxins in the soil from sources like mining, sewage, and industry. [END SUMMARY]

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Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability,


disorder, harm or discomfort to the ECOSYSTEM i.e. physical systems or living organisms.
Pollution can take the form of chemical substance or energy , such as noise, heat, or light.
Pollutants, the elements of pollution, can be foreign substances or energies, or naturally
occurring; when naturally occurring, they are considered contaminants when they exceed
natural levels

TYPES OF POLLUTION:
There are 6 (six) types of pollution that are going to be discussed in this site, namely air, water, noise, land,
radioactive, and thermal. Please proceed to the following links to learn anyone of them.

AIR POLLUTION:

Air pollution is indication of disturbances to the composition of compounds in the atmosphere.

Sources and Methods

We can classify major sources that lead to air pollution to the following categories:

motor vehicle exhaust

heat and power generation facilities

industrial processes

auto manufacturing

fertilizers plants

building demolition

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solid waste disposal

solvent evaporation

volcanic eruption

fuel production

roadway construction

electrical components manufacturing

extraction of metals

forest fires

agriculture

WATER POLLUTION:

Water pollution is contamination of water by foreign matter that deteriorates the quality of the water.
Water pollution covers pollutions in liquid forms like ocean pollution and river pollution.

Sources and Methods

We can classify major sources that lead to water pollution to the following categories:

petroleum products

synthetic agricultural chemicals

heavy metals

hazardous wastes

excess organic matter

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sediment

infectious organisms

air pollution

thermal pollution

soil pollution 

LAND POLLUTION

Revered to as soil pollution, land pollution involves the following mechanism:

Deposition of solid waste

Accumulation of non-biodegradable materials

Toxification of chemicals into poisons

Alteration of soil chemical composition

Sources and Methods

We can classify major sources that lead to land pollution to the following categories:

agriculture

mining and quarrying

sewage sludge

dredged spoils

household 

demolitions and constructions

industrial

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NOISE POLLUTION

This particular pollution is ever increasing with due to the rise in the utilization of heavy duty machineries of
industrial facilities and vehicles, synonymous to the increase in the standard of living in most countries. We make
sounds practically every seconds of our day, but to the extend it has reached an unfavorable high intensity which
had cause many disturbances and irritation to others emotionally that has adverse effects on our daily activities.

Sources and Methods

We can classify major sources that lead to noise pollution to the following categories:

road traffic noise

air traffic

rail traffic

neighborhood and domestic noise

incompatible land use

industrial noises

RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION
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THERMAL POLLUTION

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