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How soil is poliuted
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Vidushi Malik 5 years, 2 months ago

Hey mate, this would be the best answer......The contamination of soil with waste materials (especially used polythene bags and plastics), pesticides, fertilisers, acid rain and industrial chemical wastes, etc., is called soil pollution. The various sources of soil pollution and their effects are as follows: 1) Dumping of waste materials (such as polythene bags plastics, glass and metal objects) causes soil pollution. Some waste materials (like paper and vegetable wastes) rot after some time and become harmless. But the waste materials such as polythene bags and other plastics (plastic bottles, etc.) do not rot on their own and remain as such indefinitely. They also kill the living organisms.The used glass and metal objects also do not rot in nature and cause soil pollution. 2) The use of pesticides in agriculture causes soil pollution: Pesticides are the poisonous chemical substances which are sprayed on standing crops to save them from the harmful insects and diseases. So, the grains, fruits and vegetables grown in this polluted soil contain pesticides. When we eat such contaminated grains, fruits or vegetables, the pesticides present in them enter our bodies and damage our health in the long run. 3) The excessive use of fertilisers in agriculture causes soil pollution: Chemical fertilisers are added to soil in the fields to increase food production. The excessive use of chemical fertilisers makes the soil acidic or alkaline. When the soil becomes highly acidic or alkaline it is said to be polluted.This soil becomes unfit for the growth of crop plants. 4) Acid rain causes soil pollution: Acid rain makes the soil highly acidic. This acidic soil becomes toxic or poisonous) for plant growth. In this way, pollution caused by acid rain makes the soil less fertile. 5) Dumping of industrial wastes causes soil pollution: Many industries (or factories) dump their waste products containing harmful chemicals on soil. These chemicals cause soil pollution and harm plants which grow in it and the cattle which graze on it.

Yash Thorat 5 years, 2 months ago

Soil is poluted by most harmful thing plastic which also kills the organisms in the soil

Gaurav Seth 5 years, 2 months ago

The contamination of soil with waste materials (especially used polythene bags and plastics), pesticides, fertilisers, acid rain and industrial chemical wastes, etc., is called soil pollution.

The various sources of soil pollution and their effects are as follows:

1) Dumping of waste materials (such as polythene bags plastics, glass and metal objects) causes soil pollution. Some waste materials (like paper and vegetable wastes) rot after some time and become harmless. But the waste materials such as polythene bags and other plastics (plastic bottles, etc.) do not rot on their own and remain as such indefinitely. They also kill the living organisms.The used glass and metal objects also do not rot in nature and cause soil pollution.

2) The use of pesticides in agriculture causes soil pollution: Pesticides are the poisonous chemical substances which are sprayed on standing crops to save them from the harmful insects and diseases. So, the grains, fruits and vegetables grown in this polluted soil contain pesticides. When we eat such contaminated grains, fruits or vegetables, the pesticides present in them enter our bodies and damage our health in the long run.

3) The excessive use of fertilisers in agriculture causes soil pollution:  Chemical fertilisers are added to soil in the fields to increase food production. The excessive use of chemical fertilisers makes the soil acidic or alkaline. When the soil becomes highly acidic or alkaline it is said to be polluted.This soil becomes unfit for the growth of crop plants.

4) Acid rain causes soil pollution: Acid rain makes the soil highly acidic. This acidic soil becomes toxic or poisonous) for plant growth. In this way, pollution caused by acid rain makes the soil less fertile.

5) Dumping of industrial wastes causes soil pollution: Many industries (or factories) dump their waste products containing harmful chemicals on soil. These chemicals cause soil pollution and harm plants which grow in it and the cattle which graze on it.

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