Pollution is the process of foreign elements (mostly Carbon and Sulfur) being released into the environment that causes a fundamental alteration in the integrity of air or water at a molecular level.
Pollution brings a negative change in the environment which in turn, harms the inhabitants of the earth. Many natural phenomena cause air and water contamination too but only manmade causes are considered pollution since it is avoidable and/or can be regulated.
It occurs when many economic activities result in the discharge of waste products (including solid waste, air and water contamination) into the natural environment and that is a negative side-effect of production. From a business point of view, it is the environmental damage caused by a company’s products or operating processes.
Greenhouse gases are among the major pollutants released into the air that causes the ozone layer to be damaged which in turn, harms the natural integrity of the environment of the planet earth.
For example, the mineral oil refineries are one of the biggest contributors to environmental pollution though they are proven to be underreporting the actual amount of pollutants released into the air.
In the year of 2014, the US oil refineries had reported 22,000 tons of pollutants including carcinogens, neurotoxins, and hazardous compounds like - benzene (C6H6), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), and harmful elements like - lead (Pb) released into the air in one calendar year.
Use of the Term in Sentences:
- The capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar suffers from severer pollution than many other cities of the world with 27 times the accepted pollution rate approved by WHO.