1.learning objectives
2.Types of Pollution
3. Sources of Pollution
There are four main types of air pollution sources:
Mobile sources – such as cars, buses, planes, trucks, and trains
Stationary sources – such as power plants, oil refineries, industrial
facilities, and factories
Area sources – such as agricultural areas, cities, and wood burning
fireplaces
Natural sources – such as wind-blown dust, wildfires, and volcanoes
4.Effects of Pollution
i. Human health
Adverse air quality can kill many organisms including humans. Ozone
pollution can cause respiratory disease, cardiovascular
disease, throat inflammation, chest pain, and congestion. Water
pollution causes approximately 14,000 deaths per day, mostly due
to contamination of drinking water by
untreated sewage in developing countries. An estimated 500
million Indians have no access to a proper toilet, Over ten million
people in India fell ill with waterborne illnesses in 2013, and 1,535
people died, most of them children. Nearly 500 million Chinese lack
access to safe drinking water. A 2010 analysis estimated that 1.2
million people died prematurely each year in China because of air
pollution. The high smog levels China has been facing for a long time
can do damage to civilians bodies and generate different
diseases. The WHO estimated in 2007 that air pollution causes half a
million deaths per year in India. Studies have estimated that the
number of people killed annually in the United States could be over
50,000.
ii. Environment
Pollution has been found to be present widely in the environment.
There are a number of effects of this:
5.How has Delhi become the most air polluted city in terms
of air quality?
Much of the pollution is coming from farms in nearby states of
Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh. With the rice harvest
over, farmers are burning crop stubble — specifically the remnants
of the rice crop to prepare the fields to plant wheat and return
nutrients to the soil.
But what’s unique about Delhi’s smog is that the smoke from the
burning outside the city is mixing with pollution inside the city —
from construction, vehicles, and fires the poor use to cook and keep
warm. This mix of rural and urban pollution intensifies in the cooler
winter months and this year’s air currents through the region have
been unusually slow, allowing the dirty air to linger.
North India’s topography also acts as a basin that traps pollution —
making it impossible for the millions of people in the region to escape
the toxic air. It’s why there are now reports of reverse migration:
People retreating from Delhi to rural areas outside the pollution zone
so they can breathe cleaner air.
6.Guidlines by the National Air Disaster Management
Authority (NDMA) to protect yourself against the hazardous
impacts of smog and pollution
Use of plastic bags by shops and malls have also been banned.
Plastic pollution has been increasing at an alarming rate that not only
kills the environment but impacts living beings also as the toxins can
enter our body through food or water in form of micro plastic.
Plastic is the major cause of water pollution and infertility of
agricultural land as it releases toxic pollutants that damage soil and
water.
The toxic chemicals produced while manufacturing plastic bags have
a negative impact on the health of the people involved in making it.
Hence the ban will help in easing life of people residing near the toxic
fumes and wastage coming from the manufacturing unit
Waste plastic bags often run down the water or are blown by the
wind and get trapped in the drains and sewers. Clogged sewers are a
threat to the life of humans and animals, especially during rain.
8. Learning Outcome
9. Methodology and Bibliography
i.I did this by using Microsoft Word and Google. I
research on Google about the topic, copy paste on the
word document and then edit it