What economic activities cause pollution of seas and rivers?
Let’s see what they are:
- 1) Industrial waste. Industry is one of the main factors causing water pollution.
- 2) Increased temperatures.
- 3) Use of pesticides in agriculture.
- 4) Deforestation.
- 5) Oil spills.
- Diseases.
- Mortality.
- Malnutrition.
How are rivers and lakes polluted?
Water pollution in rivers, lakes and lagoons occurs when the quality of the water is compromised by the presence of agents of various origins that unbalance it, making it unfit for consumption and, therefore, making life difficult in it. Pollution from waste and industrial discharges.
What happens if the rivers are polluted?
A direct consequence of water pollution, both rivers and lakes as well as the seas, is the entry of toxic elements into the food chain. On the other hand, the more contaminated the water is by these toxic compounds, the more likely it is that these elements will evaporate and cause acid rain.
What are the consequences of river pollution?
CONSEQUENCES OF WATER POLLUTION
- Destruction of biodiversity.
- Contamination of the food chain.
- Shortage of drinking water.
- Diseases.
- Child mortality.
What are the consequences of throwing garbage in the rivers?
Garbage can move through all the rivers and oceans of the world, and accumulate on beaches and in ocean gyres. These residues damage physical habitats, transport chemical pollutants, threaten aquatic life, and interfere with human use of rivers, rivers, marine, and coastal environments.
What do we have to do to avoid contaminating the soil?
Other tips to avoid soil contamination
- Do not burn waste or rubbish on the ground and for the same reason do not use rockets and fireworks.
- Try to maintain your car or motorcycle well to try to pollute as little as possible.