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Soil
Pollution,Land
pollution,Causes,Effects,Cont
rol of Soil Pollution!!
SOIL POLLUTION
The soil contamination with solid waste, acid rain excess of
fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides is called soil
pollution.
LAND POLLUTION
Soil pollution is the another form of land pollution.Land
pollution in other words, means degradation or destruction of
earth surface and soil directly or indirectly as a results of
human activities.
SOURCES OF SOIL
POLLUTION
The sources of soil and also land pollution are listed below.
Industrial wastes
Urban solid wastes
Excess application of pesticides, fertilizers.
Acid rains
Radioactive pollutants.
CAUSES OF SOIL
POLLUTION
1. Soil or land pollution is a result of many activities
and experiment which is done by mankind.
2. Industrial waste such as harmful gases and chemicals,
agricultural pesticides, fertilizers and insecticides
are the most important causes of soil pollution and also
land pollution.
3.
Unfavourable
and harmful irrigation practices.
4. Improper septic system and management
and
also
maintenance of the same.
5. Leakages from sanitary sewage
6. Acid rains, when fumes released from industries get
mixed with rains.
EFFECTS OF SOIL POLLUTION
1. Causes cancers including leukemia.
2. Mercury can increase the risk of kidney damage.
3.
It is also causes of headaches, eye irritation and also
skin rash.
4. Ground water will affect.
5. Man cannot use for farming.
6. Polluted land cannot be used for the construction of
house.
7. The animal kingdom also suffered through this land and
soil polution.Constant human activity on land forced
these species to move further away and adapted to new
region,die trying to adjust.
CONTROL OF SOIL
1.
POLLUTION
Reducing chemicals and
fertilizer used. use good agricultural pesticides.
2. Recycling is another way to reduced and control the soil
and also the land pollution. Recycling papers, plastics
and other materials reduced the volume of refuse in
landfills, another common cause of soil pollution.
3.
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7.
Remediation of polluted soils.
Prevention of erosion and silting.
Reusing of materials.
Create dumping ground away from residential ground.
De-forestation, the cutting down of trees, causes
erosion, and the loss of fertility in the
topsoil.Planting trees or re-forestation helps prevent
soil erosion and pollution.
This is the general note on soil and land pollution.
Thank you for reading.