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Harmful substances and contaminants affecting the environment constitute environmental pollution. All types of pollution such as air pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, light pollution, soil pollution, thermal pollution, radioactive pollution and others come under the broader category of environmental pollution. How this pollution affects us and how it is caused has been a matter of study for years. It the need of today to understand the effects of environmental pollution and what should be done to minimize it. We have prepared long essays for students which shall not only provide information about environmental pollution and its effects but shall guide them as well how to contribute towards reducing environmental pollution.


What is Environmental Pollution?
Environmental pollution is when human activities introduce contaminants in the environment, thereby leading to the disruption of the routine processes, causing irreversible changes in the environment. The agents causing pollution are called pollutants. Pollutants are substances occurring in nature or created because of extraneous human activities. Pollutants can also be forms of energies let out in the environment. Based on the pollutants and the pollution caused in the components of the environment, the environmental pollution may be classified as follows:
i. Air Pollution
ii. Water Pollution
iii. Soil/Land Pollution
iv. Noise Pollution
v. Radioactive Pollution
vi. Thermal Pollution