How to Avoid Pollution?

Last Updated on June 30, 2016

How to Avoid Pollution?

Pollution is a prevailing environmental issue that all countries in the world are facing now. Pollution in short can be explained as the presence of substances that are harmful or poisonous in the environment. Many human activities introduce such substances to the environment. It is the Social responsibility of everyone of us to avoid pollution in all possible ways.

The 4 different kinds of pollution that affect environment greatly are:

  • Air Pollution
  • Land Pollution
  • Water Pollution
  • Noise Pollution

Putting unwanted waste in all places irresponsibly, near water resources and disposing plastic wastes along with normal wastes can lead to Land Pollution.  Acid rain that happens as a result of pollution:

  • can make the environment a harmful and poisonous one to live in
  • makes the water toxic for the fishes to survive
  • affects the lungs of animals
  • blocks the plant respiration

Apart from these, Noise pollution is a great disturbance not only to human but also to birds and animals. In India, the crackers blasted during festival times affects the health of people and the smoke again leads to air pollution. Many birds have started migrated due to noise pollution from such sources.

The impacts of pollution are many that can affect human life and ecosystem so badly. The seriousness of this environmental issue can be defined in terms of diseases it results in, like cancer in human beings and physical deformities like additional or missing limbs in animals like frogs. Water Pollution can lead to many water borne diseases and infections due to chemicals that have  mixed to water.

Pollution has many more negative impacts on the ecosystem which makes the work an unfit planet to live in. As a part of the earth, as an initiative to bring back the ecosystem to its normal stage, should follow these steps sensibly:

  • We should try our best not to litter water resources; Putting unwanted waste near water resources can also lead to pollution
  • Planting more trees is one of the basic and most practical way to reduce air pollution and noise pollution
  • Using Alternate Energy like Bioenergy, Wind turbines, Geothermal Energy, Sola Power and Hydro electricity are an efficient solution to pollution issues
  • Recycling papers, cans and other materials that are thrown away in the environment can help reduce land pollution
  • Using natural fertilizers and organic food can reduce Land pollution and Water pollution to a great level
  • Avoiding vehicle horn in unnecessary places and taking steps to reduce the use of Loud speakers unless and until it is necessary can eliminate Noise Pollution
  • Switching over to Electric vehicles can help eliminating the emission of poisonous gases into the environment and also save a lot of energy that can be used for various other purposes