MUHD MUSTAFFA ILMAM BIN ISMAIL PPISMP PA

The Effects of Pollution

A very good morning to Madam Nora and all my fellow friend. I am Muhd

Mustaffa Ilmam Bin Ismail and today I am giving a speech on, The Effects of Pollution. The air and water supply around us is of utmost importance to our continued survival on this planet Earth. However, mankind has taken these for granted. As

human population increases, pollution has become a major problem and has remained so. It is now time to join hands to protect and preserve our environment and thereby, safeguard human health. Pollution is the contamination of our air, water and land by harmful substances. Air pollution is by far the most harmful form of pollution. Human activities can release particles into the air from burning fuel for energy. Gases such as sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and chemical vapours are also released into the atmosphere. Once released, there further chemical reactions in the air, forming smog and acid rain. My dear friend, The gases have also slowly damaged the atmosphere and depleted the ozone layer. They trap more heat and make the Earth warmer and cause the Earths

temperature to rise. This is known as global warming. One cause of global warming is the greenhouse effect. The conditions all over our world can change and thus, cause problems to every living thing. For instance, some areas can turn into deserts and other parts could become permanently flooded. The overheating of our climate can also cause the polar ice caps to melt thereby, causing the sea level to rise. This in turn, will cause massive floods around the world.

My beloved friend, Water pollution presents harm to our environment. hazardous materials into our rivers, lakes and oceans. Daily, people dump

Industrial, commercial and

domestic activities produces solid wastes, sewage, oil spills and toxic chemicals that have destroyed many marine animals and aquatic plants and even cause death to humans who consume the marine animals. The disposed wastes may be carried away by the currents but will never disappear. The will reappear sometimes in changed form or merely diluted. The inability for these wastes to breakdown causes an overload that eventually makes our water unfit for use and cause serious harm. Pollutants like heavy metals such as mercury are often released into our waters. This has made the

consumption of fish hazardous to birds, mammals and humans. Various species of fish have been found to suffer from tumours and lesions and their capacity to reproduce have decreased. In view of all these, the public must be made aware of the dangers of pollution. We must work in concerted effort with the government to reduce pollution through proper management and processing of garbage and industrial wastes. I hope many of you will help to save our environment. Thank you for listening.