ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY

Sidra Jabeen
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Environment is the surroundings or conditions in which
a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

Our environment, the world in
which we live and work, is a mirror
of our attitudes and expectations.



Earl Nightengale
Environmental Pollution
Environmental pollution is the contamination of the physical and
biological components of the earth/atmosphere system to such an extent
that normal environmental processes are adversely
affected
Types Of Environmental Pollution
There are three major types of environmental pollution:
Air pollution
Water pollution
Soil / Land pollution

Air Pollution
Smoke from chimneys
automobile exhaust
burning of fossil fuels
forest fires and open pile burning


Water Pollution
1. Effluent outfalls from factories and refineries
2. Oil spills
3. Bathing and washing their utensils in rivers
4. Throwing food wrappers and other wastes in
the water bodies




Soil / Land Pollution
Pesticides and human-made chemicals
Improper disposal of waste
Leaching from landfills


WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?

Air Pollution causes:
i. Acid rain
ii. Haze
iii. Effects on wildlife.
iv. Ozone depletion
v. Global warming.
vi. Diseases in humans like lung cancer, asthma,
Irritation of eyes, nose, mouth and throat,
reproductive systems and other respiratory ailments.

Acid rain
Haze

Green house Effect & Global Warming
Effects on humans

Water Pollution causes:
i. Water bodies like lakes and rivers are polluted
which results in the death of marine animals like
fishes, turtles, whales, dolphins etc.
ii. Oil spills badly harms marine life
iii. If the polluted water is consumed by humans
then water-borne diseases like typhoid, cholera,
dysentery.
iv. When the pesticides after surface runoff reach
the lakes, they lead to the growth of algae which
after sometime covers the whole lake and due to
lack of oxygen the animals die.

Effects on marine life

Effects on Humans

Eutrophication
Land Pollution causes:
i. The waste from landfill leaches and causes
contaminates the groundwater.
ii. Certain animals like cows eat waste like plastic
bags and die.
iii. It emits foul odor and becomes breeding ground
for mosquitoes.
iv. The waste on a landfill reduces the fertility of
the soil.
v. Pesticides, benzene, chromium and weed killers
sprayed on the field are carcinogens, which to
lead to all kinds of cancer.



Effects on animals

Effects on humans
SAFETY
Safety is the state of being "safe", the
condition of being protected against physical,
social, emotional or other types of accidents or
harm, which could be considered non-
desirable.

What you have to do?


If you are not following
safety measures!