Types of Pollution

Types of Pollution

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Types of Pollutions

Chemical Pollution

​When speaking about chemicals, you think about physical chemicals that you use around the house such as bleach, detergents, hand soap as well as other household cleaning goods. But chemical pollutions are way more severe than that.  Chemicals are all around us, mainly due to the discovered chemicals that are used for everyday life, then there are newly chemicals that are being man made and/or altered.  Industrial plants that use these chemicals with good intentions are also the problem. Yes, inhouse chemicals created by thousands of chemical compounds but if those same chemicals are not used properly or handled and even discarded accordingly to the instructions, then harmful effects are surely to arise causing various illness.  One air pollutant is smoking.  The chemicals found is nicotine is very addictive and causes further health issues that can be fatal down the line, even for people who don’t smoke.  If they inhale the cigarette smoke by being around people smoking then they would eventually suffer from some type of cancer due to second-hand smoke.   Employees in chemicals plants must have the proper protection from head to toe to keep them safe from the potential illnesses such as any type of cancers, organ and reproductive failures, as well as death.  A few examples of Chemical pollutions are the following:  Oil, seeping into the water and in the soil killing the plants and sea creatures. There’s gasoline, needed for cars and used for other internal purposes like balloons and air canisters.  There are also chemical pesticides are an example of chemical pollutions from construction sites and chemical factories.  In my opinion, chemical could be the 2nd worst pollution due to it was made by man and sometime can’t be cured due to the way it was made.

Biological Pollution

Biological pollutions are extremely dangerous to me because they come from a genetic makeup of the pollutant.  Man-made viruses can result in dangerous biological They are air-borne organisms floating in the air and consuming everything around you, and causing illnesses internally undetected, and then becoming severely harmful, possibly incurable by the time it’s detected and it’s too late.  Most of these pollutants are created and even spread in the most assumed sterile place ever, the hospital or any type of the medical facility.  Biological pollutions spread in very secluded areas like to jump from host to host. Another pace that these pollutants shows up is where people spend 90% of the time, their home.  Mold is a strong example of a biological pollution because it develops from moisture buildup inside the walls, the ceiling, or the floors.  This can happen several ways, by an air humidifier, by flooded spaces, as well as unvented heater or air conditions.  Also,pollutants are animal dander, biological viruses from infectious animals from various countries, also, unproperly discarded medical waste.  Suffering from this type of pollutants can cause toxic reactions in needs of medical vaccines and/or cures man-made from the actual viral infections.  You can get an allergic reaction eating the wrong thing, or a physical contact with an infected person. It’s best to stay in the know with the health department to watch for possible pathogens in certain foods, certain medications, or even certain areas.

Radiation

​Everyone knows that dealing with any type of radiation pollution is THE WORST pollution.  The reason why this is because there is no going back from launching any type of nuclear strike anywhere in the world.   Radiation haze or fog is literally kills very quickly. And if it doesn’t kill you quickly, the extreme side effects are disastrous.  Experimenting with radiation can be the most dangerous process in biotechnology. All morals and ethics goes out the window when you are trying make a positive out of danger.  This type of pollution can come from any type of radiative waves or waste that flowed freely in the atmosphere. This can happen by giving numerous X-Rays, microwaves, radiation waves from cell phones, radars, and nuclear testing & power plants.  I believe the Radiation is the Most Dangerous pollution ever.  When launching Nuclear rockets, the blast of the explosion is said to be 33% heat that burns anything it touches, 50% of energy sucks the life out of anything it surrounds, and 17% of the radioactivity that causes the damage and/or death.  

Sound Pollution

​Sound or Noise Pollution is very dangerous and causes more health problems most know.  According to EPA.gov, Noise Pollution causes stress related illnesses, hypertension, loss of focus, insomnia, create a speech impediment and of course hearing loss.  Noise pollution is caused by unwanted noise interruptions or very disturbing noises that came from nowhere. Types of Noise Pollution are Air traffic, train traffic, car honking, a loud radio or tv, people yelling for no reason and a steady beeping sound.  There are now ways to protect yourself from unwanted noise during being awake or even during your sleep by wearing ear muffs or ear plugs.  Make sure that when you play music in the ear buds, the music isn’t at a damaging volume.  In my opinion, this is the LEAST dangerous pollution, because this type of pollution is easily managed and controlled. If the environment you live in is very loud and uninviting, you can just simply move into a more peaceful environment.

Aesthetic Pollution

​When speaking about Aesthetic pollution, know that you are speaking about a visual pollution.  This is sheading a light regarding the visual pollution around the world, or even in a smaller setting, in your community.  Graffiti, liter all over the ground or in ponds and rural rivers, trash found in the streets, ran-down houses with broken fences and unkept yards, unkempt billboards and broken glass everywhere. This is an easy fix as well, if the community is willing to do their part or help in the cause, and help clean the streets they live in.  Make sure that people keep the trash out of the streets and recycle.  You can clean the graffiti by painting over the unwanted slurs on the wall if you can’t be cleaned it off with household cleaning goods.  If there are yards that needs to be cut, then cut it and help hide the broken windows by putting up a cardboard box.  The landlords will have to be the ones to replace the broken fences and put up the metal fences and gates.  It’s all about making the neighborhood that you say that you care about look and become presentable and livable.  The neighborhood watch leader or leaders can throw community events that will inspire others to stop the violence and hate crimes in the community.  Promote health and love and unity.  Help people come together to show the good side of the neighborhood instead of what the news show on tv always showing danger and crime. Replace the bad graffiti with inspirational art like music murals, spoken word and/or Inspirational innovations. Another form of Aesthetic pollution is over-crowded buildings, meaning there I building or homes that has no space or yards between them and every house in the neighborhood looks like a double back to back and it’s flooded with clothes lines from building to building across from each other.

Reference:

Travis, C. C., & Hester, S. T. (1991). Global chemical pollution. Environmental science & technology, 25(5), 814-819.