The causes and effects of pollution

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Pollutio CAUSES EFFECTS PICTURE
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Pollutants in the air make it

hard for people to breathe
Factories and cars (1)
causing lung (2).......
. fumes and
Air . When it rains the
chemicals in smoke
chemicals in the air (3)
polluting the air.
.... acid rain hurting
the animals and plants.

People throw litter (4)

Many animals eat the litter
. the ground. Many
and become sick and can
people don't recycle and
die. Litter(6)......
Land throw away so much
lays around covers the
garbage (5).
land from the sun and the
we have landfills
grass and plants can die.
growing in our cities.

Many companies (7) Toxic waste and oil (9)

..... their toxic .cause many
waste in many rivers animals and plants to die.
and lakes.(8) Litter is also dangerous for
Water ships spill oil in oceans people causing skin(10)
and rivers . People .... and
throw litter in water as intoxication if they(11)
well. ...... drink it.
 Traffic is Noise pollution has
the(12) ................... (18) ..........................effects
source of noise on the physiological and
pollution especially in psychological health of
urban areas. human beings. Its annoying
(13) ............... Horns , and (19) .............................
whistles and the It interferes with speech,
sounds produced by work or disturbs sleep. The
the exhaust system of exposure to loud noise can
trucks ,autos ,buses, even result in
motorcycles etc lead (20) .......................
(14) ...... much noise.
Moreover, to meet the
demands of the basic
Noise necessity of living, the
construction of
buildings, highways
and city streets
(15)...................... in a
lot of noise (the use of
pneumatic hammers,
pavement breakers...).
Furthermore, the
various machines used
in industries are
responsible for (16)
. noise.
Finally, the household
equipments such as
vacuum cleaners,
mixers and some
kitchen appliances are
considered as minor
noisemakers of the
house.(17) ..................
they do not cause too
much of problem, their
effects cannot be
neglected.