sexta-feira, 28 de novembro de 2008

What is pollution?

Pollution means dirt, degradation, contamination, disease.

The action of man on the environment almost always has negative effects, because they are not used the proper precautions.

It happens often that pollution, in proper locations, either in water, air or on land, requires that many species of animals and plants living there create conditions so that they can adapt themselves to survive in their environment.

In other cases, the contamination is so strong that many species will die and be extinguished forever.


However, there are various types of pollution such as:

- Soil pollution, caused by debris and garbage;



- Water pollution, caused by the accumulation of rubbish and debris; domestic sewers, toxic waste, chemicals, fuel, radioactive nuclear waste; poured oil on the sea;



- Air pollution, caused by the smoke of the factories, smoke from the means of transport, rubbish incineration, use of insecticides and other sprays.

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