POLLUTION CONTROL AND

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Environmental Pollution
Environmental

pollution is
any discharge of material or
energy into water, land, or air
that causes or may cause
acute (short-term) or chronic
(long-term) detriment to the
Earth's ecological balance or
that lowers the quality of life.

Types of pollution which affect the environment are:

Air pollution.
Water pollution
Noise pollution
Soil pollution
Marine pollution
Thermal pollution
Radiation pollution.

AIR POLLUTION
Contamination of air by smoke and

harmful gases, mainly oxides of carbon,

sulfur, and nitrogen.
Basically these gaseous substances tend
to interfere with human comfort , welfare
and causes environmental damage. Air
pollution causes acid rain, ozone
depletion, photochemical smog and
other such phenomenon.

CAUSESINDUSTRIAL WASTE
NATURAL CAUSES

CYCLONES
VOLCANIC

ERUPTIONS
EARTH QUAKES

AUTOMOBILES

THERMAL
MAN
MADE POWER
-CAUSES

STATION
NUCLEAR
EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEAR POWER
PLANTS
AGRICULTURAL
ACTIVITIES
DISPOSAL OF
GARBAGE.

EFFECTS

PLANTS
Affects the movement of the stomata
Photosynthesis
Growth of the plant.
Too much exposure to sulphur dioxide
causes bleaching of the leaf pigment.
High concentration of carbon
monoxide leads to premature falling
of leaves, curling, etc.

CLIMATE
GREEN HOUSE EFFECT
GLOBAL WARMING
ACID RAIN
DEPLETION OF OZONE

LAYER.

CONTROL
PUBLIC AWARENESS
INDUSTRIAL GASES SHOULD BE

TREATED BEFORE DISCHARGE IN

THE ATMOSPHERE
USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY
FUELS, SUCH AS GOBAR GAS, LPG,
NATURAL GAS,ETC
RAISING OF GREEN BELTS SHOULD
BE PROMOTED.

WATER
POLLUTION
THE CONTAMINATION OF

WATER WITH UNDESIRABLE

SUBSTANCES WHICH MAKE IT
UNFIT FOR USAGE IS TERMED
AS WATER POLLUTION.

SOIL EROSION

NATURAL
CAUSES
DEPOSITION
OF

DEAD AND
DECAYING
REMAINS OF
PLANTS AND
ANIMALS.
HIGH SPEED
WINDS
FLOODS.

CAUSES
MAN MADE CAUSES
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
AGRICULTURAL

WASTE
HUMAN ACTIVITIES
CUSTOMS AND
TRADITIONS.
OIL SPILLS

Littering
&
(nonDumpin
biodegradab
g
le)
Sewage

Endangering
Species

Seepa Oil
ge
Spills
from
landfill
s

Water
Eutrophicati
Pollution
on

Fertilizers,
Pesticides
&
herbicides

Negative Effects
on Health

Cleanin
g up the
Oil Spill!

EFFECTS

HUMAN HEALTH
CAUSES VARIOUS DISEASES TO THE

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

CAUSES DAMAGE TO LIVER , BRAIN AND
KIDNEY.
IT CAUSES VARIOUS DISEASES LIKE
DIARRHOEA, ABDOMINAL PAINS, SKIN
RASH, JAUNDICE, FEVER, ENLARGED
LIVER,ETC.
TO AN EXTENT IT MAY ALSO CAUSE
DEATH.

PLANTS

EXCESSIVE USE OF FERTILIZERS ON CROPS

MAY CAUSE SOME AMOUNT TO BE RETAINED

IN THE SOIL WHICH IS WASHED AWAY
DURING RAINS AND REACHES THE NEAREST
WATER BODY.
EXCESS AMOUNT OF NITRATE PRESENT IN
WATER CAUSES THE GROWTH OF UNWANTED
PLANTS.
CAUSES EUTROPHICATION.
UNWANTED PLANTS REDUCE THE OXYGEN
SUPPLY TO OTHER AQUATIC PLANTS.
POLLUTED WATER ALSO CONTAINS HIGH
CONCENTRATION OF METALS WHICH MAY BE

ANIMALS

AQUATIC ANIMALS ARE DIRECTLY

AFFECTED BY WATER POLLUTION.

THE HARMFUL CHEMICALS MAKES

THE SURVIVAL OF THE AQUATIC

ANIMALS VERY DIFFICULT.
DUE TO THIS A LARGE NUMBER OF

AQUATIC SPECIES HAVE BECOME

EXTINCT.
DRINKING POLLUTED WATER COULD

BE VERY POISONIOUS AND MAY

CAUSE SEVER DISEASES AND ALSO
DEATH.

CONTROL
INDUSTRIAL WASTE SHOULD BE TREATED

IN ORDER TO REDUCE TOXICITY.

NON BIODEGRADABLE WASTE MATERIAL
SHOULD NOT BE DUMPED.
HUMAN ACTIVITIES SUCH BATHING,
WASHING IN RIVERS, THROWING
CARCASSES AND IMMERSING IDOLS
SHOULD BE STOPPED.
PUBLIC AWARNESS.

THANK YOU
LATIKA PARMAR