Importance Of Air Pollution

Introduction

Air pollution is defined as the presence of any substance in the atmosphere in such a concentration that it may or may tend to be injurious to humans, plants, property and to atmosphere itself. And the substance itself is called air pollutant.

Air pollution occurs due to anthropogenic activities like industrialization, increase in vehicular traffic etc.

Air pollution episodes were rare and highly local with almost no causalities before 1960.

Industrial mishaps are broadly contributing to the air pollutional episodes.

Industrials accidents occur due to lack of safety measures in the industry, poor maintenance of equipment, lack of skilled labour, lack of supervision, negligence etc. The rules for location of industries have to be strictly followed to avoid accidents. The effluents released into the atmosphere from the industries have to be treated properly according to the norms. Only then the pollution can be reduced.

The industrial disasters not only cause air pollution, it is also responsible for loss of lines, contamination of ground water, soil and also pollutes rivers and lakes present in the vicinity.

To avoid the damage caused by the air pollution accidents, a proper safety measure has to be taken. Rules must be strictly implemented in the industries.

As the industrialisation is necessary and cannot be avoided, the care should be taken to avoid accidents.

The major industrial accidents occur due to gas leakages, mine crash, leakages from nuclear