Dr Sankarganesh - Soil pollution and solid waste

hello Learners in this session let's have a look at soil pollution we'll discuss soil pollution its causes and its impacts on the environment and human health this discussion includes sources like Industries and household waste and stress the importance of addressing this problem collectively however there will be room for specific understanding like measuring pollution levels and

implementing regulations soil is one of the essential components which support the life on Earth the importance of soil can be understood from the fact that 95% of the food for all on Earth originates from the soil when soil is contaminated by anything that is unrelated to it it is called soil pollution this results in

alterations to the texture changes in FAA and Flora of the soil and in turn can result in harmful outcomes for human kind and other animals soil pollution can lead to one of the two outcomes first it results in reduced crop productivity and the second one is it leads to plant products that may not be

suitable for human and other animal consumptions any kind of pollution such as air or water pollution ultimately results in polluting the soil the origin of soil pollution may be either natural or anthropogenic natural pollution originates because of volcanic eruptions weathering of or bodies Etc deliberate soil pollution includes mining smelting disposal of waste fossil fuel combustion

Gas Works Industries Sports shooting military training and applications of agrochemical or seage accidental pollution can occur due to nuclear accidents flooding by rivers or Seas leaks from the landfills or accidental spills it is also important to distinguish between local and diffused soil contamination which differ in the extent and shape of the location