Discuss the various reasons for environmental crisis.
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The environmental crisis has now taken a global turn and is not limited to just a country or two. The basic reasons being:
- The rapidly growing population of the developing countries, which is putting immense pressure on the available limited resources.
- Affluent consumption and production standards of the developed countries have also put a lot of burden on the existing environment.
- Use of resources and the waste generated beyond the absorptive capacity of the environment.
- Rapidly growing industrial sector and pollution from affluence have led to water contamination, air pollution and noise pollution. These have led to the spread of a number of diseases.
- Increase in the number of vehicles on the road using non-eco-friendly fuel as petrol and diesel are the major contributors to the environmental crisis, by way of noise and air pollution. Their emissions are very harmful for all living beings.
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