A Field Studi Report on Pollution

A FIELD STUDY REPORT ON AIR POLLUTION |

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AIR POLLUTION:CAUSES, EFFECTS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES |

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SUBMITTED BY:NAME:ROLL NO. |

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I, Tejinder Singh, a student of BCA II, Roll No. , feel an immense pleasure having completed this field study as a part of the environmental studies. I owe my gratitude to my Principal, subject teacher and other teachers of my college without whose efforts and guidance, the completion of the project would not have been possible. I am also thankful to the library for providing books giving intellectual information regarding my project.

TEJINDER SINGH

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AIR POLLUTION….

A THREAT TO HUMANITY

POLLUTION:

In the words of Odum, “Pollution is an undesirable change in physical, chemical or biological characteristics of air, water and soil that may or will adversely affect human life, industrial progress, living conditions and cultural assets.”

Types of Pollution:

1. Air Pollution

2. Water Pollution

3. Land/Soil Pollution

4. Noise Pollution

5. Radioactive Pollution

AIR POLLUTION

Air pollution may be defined as the occurrence of foreign particles and gases in the atmosphere which are harmful to man, vegetation, animals and buildings. It is the contamination of air by waste products and other impurities which are harmful to the human life, other creatures, vegetation and buildings. The earth’s atmosphere is an invisible cover of gases that envelops the earth. The air present in the atmosphere is a mixture of gases and water vapours. Air pollution is the systematic damage to the beautiful sunbright ecosystem.

SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION:

1. NATURAL RESOURCES like forest fires, biological decay, volcanic eruptions, spores, grains, photochemical oxidation etc.

2. ANTHROPOGENIC/ MAN-MADE SOURCES: The vandalistic activities of industrial man are destroying the virginal neatness of nature so well orchestrated into the...