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Today’s pollution is integrally related to economic production,
modern technology, life-styles, the sizes of human and animal
populations, and a host of other factors. It is unlikely to yield
except to broad macrotransitions that have multiple social
benefits.
Contamination can occur in the air, water, mining.
Wáter pollution
Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of
water. In almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual
species and populations, but also to the natural biological communities.
Air contamination.
Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is the main pollutant that is
warming Earth. Though living things emit carbon dioxide when they
breathe, carbon dioxide is widely considered to be a pollutant when
associated with cars, planes, power plants, and other human activities
that involve the burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline and natural gas.
Mining pollution
includes erosion, formation of sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, and
contamination of soil, groundwater and surface water by chemicals
from mining processes. In some cases, additional forest logging is done
in the vicinity of mines to increase the available room for the storage
of the created debris and soil.
Noise pollution
Outdoor noise is summarized by the word environmental noise. Poor
urban planning may give rise to noise pollution, since side-by-side
industrial and residential buildings can result in noise pollution in the
residential areas.