ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Pollution is defined as ‘an addition or excessive addition of certain materials to the physical environment (water, air and lands), making it less fit or unfit for life’.

5.1. POLLUTANTS 5.1.1. Classifications 5.1.2. Causes of pollution 5.2. AIR POLLUTION 5.2.1. Major air pollutants and their sources Carbon monoxide (CO)Carbon dioxide (CO2)Chloroflorocarbons (CFC)Lead Ozone Sulphur dioxide (SO2)5.2.2. Smog The effects of smog 5.2.3. Indoor air pollution (a) Rural (b) Urban Pollutants 5.2.4. Fly Ash Composition How it is collected?Environmental effects?5.2.6. Control Measures Control measures:5.2.7. Government Initiatives 5.2.8. Air Pollution in India 5.2.9. Measures to control/ mitigate Delhi Air pollution 5.3. WATER POLLUTION 2. Diffuse or non-point source.3) Agricultural sources:4) Thermal Pollution:5) Underground water pollution:6) Marine pollution:5.3.2. Effects of Water Pollution DO , BOD, COD 2. Effects on human health:3. Hazards of ground water pollution:5.3.3. Control Measures 5.4. SOIL POLLUTION 5.4.1. Causes 5.4.3. Types of Soil Pollution 5.4.4. Effects of soil pollution on 5.5. NOISE POLLUTION 5.5.1. Ambient Noise Level Monitoring 5.5.2. Impacts of noise 5.5.3. Control 1. Control at source 2. Control in the transmission path 3. Using protective equipment.5.6. RADIO ACTIVE POLLUTION 5.6.1. Radioactive Pollution 5.6.2. Types of Radiations 5.6.3. Types of radiation particles 5.6.4. Sources Natural 5.6.5. Effects 5.6.6. Control Measures 5.7. E — WASTE 5.7.2. E - Waste in India 5.8. SOLID WASTE 5.8.1. Plastic Waste 5.8.2. Source of generation of waste plastics 5.8.3. Effects 5.8.4. Types b) Hazardous waste 5.8.5. Treatment and disposal of solid waste ii) Landfills vii) Vermiculture 5.9 THERMAL POLLUTION Major sources Ecological Effects — Warm Water Ecological Effects — Cold Water Control Measures 5.10 PLASTIC POLLUTION Plastics as a Waste Material- in Marine Environment Impact of Microparticles Plastics as a Waste Material- in Land Environment 5.11. BIOREMEDIATION 5.11.1. Bioremediation Strategies (b) Ex situ bioremediation techniques 5.11.2. Genetic engineering approaches Types Mycoremediation 5.12. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND HEALTH First Second Third Fourth 5.13 ACID RAIN 5.14 . TYPES OF ACID DEPOSITION (a) Wet Deposition Do you know?(b) Dry Deposition The pH scale 5.14.1. Sources of compounds causing acid rain 5.14.2. Common characteristics of acid rain areas:World scenario In India 5.14.3. Chemistry of Acid Rain 5.14.4. Impact Of Acid Rain 5.14.5. Trigger Effect of Acid Rain on Pollutants:5.14.5. Control Measures:5.15 CATEGORIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL SECTORS