Environment And Sustainable Development — Economics STD 12 Humanities & Commerce — Question
Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 Humanities & CommerceEconomicsEnvironment And Sustainable Development6 Marks
Question
What is pollution? Explain how water pollution and noise pollution are harmful.
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Answer
Pollution refers to the degraded environmental quality on account of rising population of the developing countries and affluent consumption and production standards of the developed countries in turn putting a lot of pressure on the environment.
As a result the extinction of many resources and the wastes generated being beyond the absorptive capacity of the environment.
Rising population, rapidly growing industrial sector and pollution from affluence have led to degraded environmental quality by way of water contamination (70% of water in India is polluted), air pollution and noise pollution have led to an increase in the incidence of water-borne diseases and respiratory problems along with hearing loss.
Vehicles are considered as the major contributors to the air and noise pollution Vehicular emissions are a serious matter of concern as they have the maximum impact on the population at large. Number of vehicles have increased by leaps and bounds in the country, in an unplanned manner.
ncreased vehicles are not only contributing to air pollution and noise pollution but are also a source of increased risk of accidents.
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