It became clear that environmental degradation was happening as a direct result of industrial pollution and something needed to be done. The Clean Air Act in had the United States federal law looking to the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and enforce regulations that would protect its citizens from airborne pollutants that are known to cause health issues to humans. Several amendments in more recent years have expanded the Act to address ozone depletion and acid rain, among others.
With the adoption of the Pollution Prevention Act of , the United States focused its policy on reducing or preventing pollution at the source.
Let Your Imagination Run Wild! It affects humans, animals, plants, and atmosphere as a whole too. Water Pollution: Organic and inorganic industrial wastes and affluent that are dumped into water bodies cause water pollution.
Some main factories that cause it are paper, chemical, textile etc. Harmful substances include dyes, acids, fly ash etc. Thermal Pollution: It happens when hot water is released into rivers and ponds without cooling.
It adversely affects the aquatic life. Land pollution: Solid waste material like glass, packaging and renders reduce the quality of the soil. Rain water carries the chemicals underground and pollutes ground water too. Factories can also be directly blamed for destroying certain areas of nature on our beautiful planet.
Our hunger for natural resources such as wood, coal and oil means that we are endangering many species as we go searching for it. Forests are torn down for wood which takes away the natural habitat or animals and other wildlife while mining also forces animals to look for somewhere else to live in the hope of survival. Oil spills, accidental leaks and the dumping of waste materials have also contributed to damage being done to wildlife.
Due to all the reasons above, many species have come close to extinction and many more are likely to face a similar fate if we do not reduce the amount of damage we are doing to this planet in the future. Global Warming As we touched on earlier, a huge portion of climate change or global warming can be attributed to our reliance on industrial activities over the years.
Global Warming can lead to: Rising sea levels. Risk of species of animals becoming extinct. An increase in tsunamis, typhoons, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters.
Melting of the ice caps Furthermore, our very existence as human beings could be under threat too, not to mention the increased risk of us catching diseases such as cholera, malaria and Lyme Disease.
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