Environment Essay: The Five Types Of Pollution

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Pollution Well, I chose to talk about pollution, I 'll start with presenting my thesis, which will be the main focus through this presentation. Slide 1 What is pollution? What is pollution? Pollution is defined as introduction of harmful or poisonous substances into the environment. Pollution is caused by humans or human activity and is a problem for the earth and the life on earth. And we have several types of pollution. There are 5 different main types of pollution. Slide 2 Types of pollution The worst form of pollution is air pollution. Air pollution is when we release harmful or poisonous gases, generally climate gases, to the atmosphere. This happens when we for example drive a car. The car will release CO2, which will be added to the …show more content…

The accident in Chernobyl in 1986 is a good example of an accident that lead to emissions of radioactive substances. A malfunction in the nuclear plant was the reason to the emission of these radioactive gases. Long term consequences may be health problems such as lung cancer, skin cancer and thyroid cancer, along with birth defects and cognitive disabilities. Noise pollution is defined as the disturbing noise that may harm the activity or balance of human or animal life. Mainly caused by machines, transport and transportation systems. It affects both health and behavior. Effects of unwanted sound may be hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, sleep disturbance as well as other harmful effects. Slide 3 – The greenhouse effect: The greenhouse effect is very important for the earth, and increased greenhouse effect is most likely caused by pollution. Without the greenhouse effect the Earth would have an average temperature at minus eighteen degrees. The sun sends energy to the Earth some of this energy gets absorbed and heats up. Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and Methane, make a layer around the earth, called the ozone layer. The ozone layer trap heat

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