what are the different types of pollution and their causes?
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['Air Pollution. There are two types of air pollutants, primary and secondary. ... ', 'Water Pollution. Nutrient pollution is caused by wastewater, sewage, and fertilizers. ... ', "Land & Soil Pollution. Land pollution is the destruction of land as a result of human's activities and the misuse of land resources. ... ", 'Noise & Light Pollution.']
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['Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2. ... ', 'Ozone (O3)', 'Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)', 'Carbon monoxide (CO)', 'Sulphur dioxide (SO2)']
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The lack of care on surface water affects all oceans, rivers, and lakes directly, where pollution like agricultural chemicals affect ground water, which eventually makes it to the sea. Causes of pollution include oil (35% from city runoff), agriculture pesticides and fertilizer runoff, garbage misplacement, and mining.
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['Climate change including Global warming.', 'Acid rain, photochemical smog and other forms of pollution.', 'Ocean acidification.', 'Displacement/extinction of wildlife.', 'Resource depletion - forests, water, food.', 'and more.']
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Power plants, factories, cars and trucks emit carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxides and particulate matter that consists of fine particles suspended in the air. Burning oil, coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels is a major cause of man-made air pollution.
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water pollution is a more general term, covering all natural waters such as rivers, lakes, groundwater, seas and oceans. Marine pollution covers only pollution in seas and oceans. ... Industrial effluents are more common in fresh water pollution while the major cause of marine life pollution is oil spills.
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['Land pollution is caused due to build up of upper layer of soil from toxic chemicals and compounds, radioactive materials, salts, waste, etc. ... ', 'Agricultural Land Pollution. ... ', 'Chemical Land Pollution. ... ', 'Garbage. ... ', 'Refuse. ... ', 'Littering.']
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Human activity is a major cause of air pollution, especially in large cities. Human air pollution is caused by things such as factories, power plants, cars, airplanes, chemicals, fumes from spray cans, and methane gas from landfills. One of the ways that humans cause the most air pollution is by burning fossil fuels.
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We cause air pollution directly through our use of electricity, fuels, and transportation. ... Most of this air pollution we cause results from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline to produce electricity and power our vehicles.
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Air pollution causes damage to crops, animals, forests, and bodies of water. It also contributes to the depletion of the ozone layer, which protects the Earth from the sun's UV rays. Another negative effect of air pollution is the formation of acid rain, which harms trees, soils, rivers, and wildlife.
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The main problem caused by water pollution is that it kills organisms that depend on these water bodies. Dead fish, crabs, birds and sea gulls, dolphins, and many other animals often wind up on beaches, killed by pollutants in their habitat (living environment). Pollution disrupts the natural food chain as well.
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['Air and water pollution.', 'Disaster sanitation.', 'Drinking water.', 'Food protection.', 'Hazardous waste disposal.', 'Land use.', 'Occupational health.', 'Pesticide management.']
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['Resource Depletion.', 'Pollution.', 'Loss of Biodiversity.']
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The major primary pollutants are Oxides of Sulphur, Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Carbon, Particulate Matter, Methane, Ammonia, Chlorofluorocarbons, Toxic metals etc. The secondary pollutants are not emitted directly.
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['Contamination of groundwater.', 'Methane pollution and its impact on climate change.', 'Air pollution impacts.', 'Exposure to toxic chemicals.', 'Blowouts due to gas explosion.', 'Waste disposal.', 'Large volume water use in water-deficient regions.', 'Fracking-induced earthquakes.']
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1. Effects of Air Pollution. ... Air pollution causes a number of environmental effects in addition to the effects on humans and animals. Acid rain contains high levels of nitric and sulfuric acids that are created by oxides and sulfur oxides released into the air by the burning of fossil fuels.
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The three major types of pollution are air pollution, water pollution, and land pollution. Sometimes, air pollution is visible.