Soil pollution

Описание: 🌱 What is Soil Pollution?

Soil pollution happens when the soil gets contaminated with harmful chemicals, waste, or pollutants, reducing its fertility and harming plants, animals, and humans.

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🔹 Causes of Soil Pollution
1. Industrial waste – chemicals, heavy metals, plastics.
2. Agricultural chemicals – pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides.
3. Household waste – plastics, electronic waste, sewage.
4. Deforestation & construction – soil erosion, dumping debris.
5. Oil spills & mining – toxins seep deep into the ground.

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🔹 Effects of Soil Pollution

⚠️ On environment:
• Loss of soil fertility → poor crop growth.
• Plants absorb toxins → enter food chain.
• Contaminated groundwater.

⚠️ On humans & animals:
• Health issues (cancer, skin diseases, respiratory problems).
• Unsafe food due to chemical absorption in crops.
• Reduced biodiversity in soil (worms, microbes die).

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🔹 Types of Soil Pollution
• Industrial pollution: factories, chemical plants.
• Agricultural pollution: overuse of fertilizers/pesticides.
• Urban waste pollution: plastics, sewage, garbage.
• Mining & oil pollution: heavy metals, petroleum leaks.

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🔹 Prevention & Solutions

✅ Reduce chemical fertilizers & pesticides → switch to organic farming.
✅ Proper disposal of industrial & household waste.
✅ Recycling & composting instead of dumping.
✅ Planting trees & restoring green cover.
✅ Using bioremediation (plants & microbes to clean soil).

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✨ In short: Soil pollution is the slow poisoning of the ground we depend on for food, water, and life.