Pollution

Martin Navarčík
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 Table of contents
01 02 03

Pollution Types of Water

pollution
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Soil Air
Pollution
o Harmful substance-air, water, soil
o Addition-substance or energy-
faster than dispersed, diluted, etc.
o Threatening human, animal, plant
life
 Types of pollution

Water Soil Air

Water pollution
o Contamination – water sources
o Unusable – drinking, swimming, etc.
o Pollutants:
 Runoff – hazardous chemicals, fertilizers
 Waste – radioactive waste, plastic
 Bacteria, parasites – cyanobacteria - HAB
 Petroleum seep - oil, natural gas
 Mining, drilling – AMD - toxic
Cases of water pollution
Deepwater horizon
o Largest marine oil spill – 60000 barrel per
day
o Surge of natural gas – igniting
o 20th April 2010

Fukushima Daiichi
atomic powerplant
o Dumping 1.25 metric tons – radioactive
water – Pacific ocean
o Water – direct contact - three melted cores
o 11th March 2011
Soil pollution
o Pollutants, contaminants, chemicals – in soil
o Risk – human health, ecosystem
o Pollutants:
 Mining – dongerous chemicals
 Chemicals – fertilizers, pesticides, DDT
 Trash - paper, glass, plastic, aluminium
 Landfill, dump – leaking, bioaccumulation
Cases of soil pollution
Payatas landslide
o Mud/rubbish – crashing – 100 huts;shacks
o 196 dead; 800 families
o 10th July 2000

Changzhou pollution
o 500 students - eczema, skin inflammation, etc.
o Toxic waste – fertiliser;pesticide company –
breaching environmental regulations
o April 2016
Air pollution
o Pollutants –chemical, biological physical -air
o Detrimental – human health, planet
o Pollutants:
 Burning fuels – coal, petrol, oil, natural gas
 Chemicals – NOx, SOx, CO, methane, CFCs,
hydrocarbons
Cases of air pollution
Jordan chlorine leak
o Chlorine leaking - shipping containers
o Injured – 260+; 12 dead
o 27th June 2022

Bhopal disaster
o 45 tons – methyl isocyanate – insecticide
plant; India
o 15000-20000 dead – 0,5 million injured
o 3rd December 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbng95zULgE
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9. Pic:https://guardian.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Jordan.jpg
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Sources- information
https://www.britannica.com/science/pollution-environment
https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Pollution
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/pollution
https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/air-pollution/index.cfm
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ehep/82-2/
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/air-pollution-everything-you-need-know
https://www.environmentalpollutioncenters.org/soil/
https://www.vedantu.com/chemistry/soil-pollution
https://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/blog/6540/a-quick-read-on-the-radioactive-water-in
-fukushima-what-makes-it-different/
https://www.britannica.com/event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill
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-in-china-s-environmental-enforcement/
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attention!