Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat, or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants.
➤ According to the form in which they persist after release into the environment.
➤ According to their existence in nature.
➤ According to their nature of disposal.
➤ According to origin
➤ Carbon dioxide (CO2)
➤ Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
➤ Lead
➤ Ozone
➤ Suspended particulate matter (SPM)
➤ Sulphur dioxide (SO2)
➤ The Formation of Smog
➤ The effects of smog
➤ Rural
➤ Urban
➤ Volatile organic compounds
➤ Tobacco
➤ Biological pollutants
➤ Formaldehyde
➤ Radon
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- Trees are an important part of our world. They provide wood for building and pulp for making paper. They provide habitats (homes) for all sorts of insects, birds and other animals. Many types of fruits and nuts come from trees - including apples, oranges, walnuts, pears and peaches. Even the sap of trees is useful as food for insects and for making maple syrup - yum!
- Trees also help to keep our air clean and our ecosystems healthy. We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. We're perfect partners!
- Trees do lots for us, our environment and other plants and animals, but we don't just love trees for practical reasons.
➤ Composition
➤ How is it collected?
➤ Environmental effects?
➤ Advantages
➤ Policy measures of MoEF
➤ Health effect
➤ Control measures
➤ Different types of air pollutants can be eliminated/minimized by the following methods
➤ Control of Gaseous Pollutants
➤ National Air Quality Monitoring Programme
➤ National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
➤ National Air Quality Index
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