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Contamination

The contamination is the introduction of substances or other physical elements in an


environment causing it unsafe or unsuitable for use. 1 The medium can be an
ecosystem , a physical medium or a living being . The pollutant can be a chemical ,
energy (such as sound , heat , light or radioactivity

It is always a negative alteration of the natural state of the environment , and


generally, it is generated as a consequence of human activity, considering it a form
of environmental impact .

Pollution can be classified according to the type of source from which it comes, or
by the form of pollutant that emits or means that pollutes. There are many pollutants
among them chemicals (such as pesticides, cyanide, herbicides and others.), Urban
waste, oil, or ionizing radiation. All these can produce diseases, damage to
ecosystems or the environment. In addition, there are many gaseous pollutants that
play an important role in different atmospheric phenomena, such as the generation
of acid rain, the weakening of the ozone layer, and climate change.

There are many ways to combat pollution, and international legislations that regulate
the polluting emissions of the countries that adhere to these policies. Pollution is
generally linked to economic and social development. Currently, many international
organizations such as the UN place sustainable development as one of the ways to
protect the environment for current and future generations.

The pollution that occurs on and against the environment (which so many humans
and animals and plants use to live and develop) is called environmental pollution,
being the presence in the environment of some kind of physical, chemical or
biological agent or the combination of any of these, which will produce this imbalance
of which we spoke above and which is widely harmful to the health, safety or welfare
of the inhabitants of any nation and of course it is also for the rest of living beings,
like plants and animals.
Pollution can occur exclusively in soil, air or water, although it can also occur
simultaneously in these three areas .

In as much and if the idea is to look for the guilty ones of this with name and
surnames, we are almost always with a common denominator: the products that take
part in the processes of combustion, the presence of chemical compounds
elaborated by the man and the waste that They pull most factories or industries.

A witness case in this aspect may be the one of recent global promotion and that
they cross two neighboring nations such as Argentina and Uruguay, who for a very
long time have been playing a legal fight that has even demanded the attention of
the International Superior Court of the Haya and the King of Spain, for the presumed
contamination that the Botnia paper mill would be exerting in the vicinity of the
Uruguay River, where it is established, and that both countries share and that
Argentina claims incessantly through the cuts of routes or steps that communicate
the two banks.

Another painful and local example is the river pollution of the Riachuelo, a river that
serves as a juridical limit between the City of Buenos Aires (capital of Argentina) and
the province of the same name. In the course of its waters, waste is thrown from
dozens of factories, including leather processors and refrigerators. The level of
pollution of the river is high enough to cause serious diseases in the river population
, including heavy metal poisoning, as well as to prevent the development of any
higher life form in the aquatic environment.

It has been demonstrated scientifically and reliably that the recurrent breathing of a
polluted air leads to the development of acute cardiovascular conditions, such as
heart attack or also respiratory . Also the weakening of the ozone layer and the
greenhouse effect have become two future causes that further encourage a
panorama of pollution on the planet. Although the lower emission of gases with
fluorocarbon content has been of great help, the erosion process of the protective
layer has not diminished, with risk of numerous complications for the health of the
population, among which secondary skin tumors stand out. to the activity of unfiltered
ultraviolet rays that come from the sun itself.
Conclusion

The human population grows according to a geometric progression, therefore the


demand for food and also the basic needs for human life are increasing . This implies
an increase in raw materials and energy, final products and waste, among which
there are often many toxic substances. This development has caused great
alterations in the Earth: entire regions in the tropics have become deserts, species
of animals and plants have disappeared forever, and others are in danger of
extinction.
Man uses natural raw materials as if they were inexhaustible; the final products and
waste materials are dumped to the ground, to the waters and recently also to the
open ocean, as if they could assimilate them without undergoing any type of change.
Conclusion

Another serious problem is the large cities, the developing countries and those
already developed, which focus the problems of different points of view according to
their convenience, and the networks of changes that make natural and cultural
landscapes disappear.
All these changes also affect the psyche of man who needs green spaces to relax.
The optimum quality of life requires that the balance of nature is not modified. Man
must learn that the environment
is not something he can manage according to his will, but that he must integrate to
have a better life.
An important step to improve the habitat would be for man to change his internal
attitude towards his environment, respecting his values and rights .

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