Environmental pollution is the biggest
menace to the human race on this planet today. It means adding impurity to
environment. The environment consists of earth, water, air, plants and animals.
If we pollute them, then the existence of man and nature will be hampered.
It is true that trees are being cut down
rapidly. Our earth is becoming warmer. If pollution continues, the day is not
far when our earth will be a boiling pan and become a desert. Or it will be
covered with sea water causing destruction of mankind.
Pure air is always needed for inhaling.
If we take pure air, our health improves. On the other hand impure air causes
diseases and impairs our health and causes our death. Smoke pollutes the air.
It is the root of air pollution. The smoke which is discharged from industries,
automobiles and kitchens is the mixture of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide,
methane etc. These are all poisonous gases. These cause lung-cancer,
tuberculosis etc. which take a heavy toll of life. The glaring incident is the
Bhopal gas leak in December 1984. Thousands of the residents of Bhopal died due
to lungs problem which was caused by methylamine gas from the Union Carbide
Plant.
The garbage emitting foul smell, the
decaying plants and animals also cause air pollution. Hence the doctors advise
the patients having lungs trouble to settle in some rural places because the
air of villages is pure and free from population.
Then comes sound pollution. The harsh
sounds of buses, its, mopeds etc. affect our power of hearing and causes fart
trouble. It has been reported that there are two villages named Biraspalli and
Devadas Palli near Dum Dum airport m Calcutta where a large number of people
have lost their power of hearing. This is because of the frequent sounds of
planes coming in and going out of Dum Dum Airport. The evils of sound pollution
can be imagined from this example.
The water of rivers and seas is being
constantly polluted all over the world by various dangerous chemical and
biological wastes. Mills and factories discharge very harmful waste waters into
many rivers and sea. The water of the Ganges flowing by the side of both
Varanashi and Calcutta is extremely polluted and contains all sorts of
dangerous bacteria. It is really very strange and laughable that large number
of the Indians regard this water as holy. They even drink this water for
salvation. There is no doubt that the fish that grow in such waters are
poisonous too.
Reckless application of chemical
fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides pollutes the soil. Vegetables and fruits
are quite injurious today, because they contain the poison of insecticides and
pesticides.
If the air we
breathe, the water we drink and the soil which produces our crops, vegetables
and fruits, all become more and more impure, then our chances of good health
and longevity will be very less and less. Environment pollution is a serious
menace to our existence. Realising the danger, we must plant trees in large
number to absorb impure air. Impure water from industries can be sent back for
purification and then it can be used for irrigation purpose. Our government is
well aware of the fact and is taking steps to save environment from pollution.
We have also I minister to look after the environment.
Adapted from:
Mili~~Short Essay on Environmental Pollution
