Pollution shocks

Following are various shocking facts about pollution.

• Air and water pollution have damaged the natural environment worse than the land pollution did so.
• The menace of pollution started rising when human beings switched to the machines from the manual labour.
• Coal-fired plants despite being less in number contribute most in the rise of air pollution.
• Indoor pollution is more harmful than outdoor’s because  chances of its mitigation are always less inside a premises.
• Nearly fifteen thousand people die in the world because of the water pollution and majority of them hail from poor countries.
• Nearly two billion people are facing water shortage because of its acute shortage in their surrounding areas especially in Africa and Asia.
• The most viable method to contain pollution is the use of renewable energy but most of the countries lack awareness and infrastructure to popularize this form of energy.
• Mega cities of China and India are facing the worst form of air pollution and are unable to mitigate it because of the loose implementation of environmental laws.
• Most poor nations lack awareness, funds and loophole-free laws to protect, preserve and protect environment by reducing the pollution level.
• Persistent air pollution most likely damages heart and lungs of human beings living under such contaminated air.
• In Hong Kong three people die every day being affected directly or indirectly by the air pollution.
• Air pollution equally damages soil and water apart from affecting the air quality.
• Children if keep on breathing in contaminated air may lose intelligence subsequently.
• Shift of reliance from public transport to the personal transport may double total number of cars in the world in two decades and will eventually double the vehicular emissions.
• Smog pollution is called silent killer which is created by blending of smoke and fog and gradually impact human life.
• Most of the South Asian countries are worst affected by the water pollution because most of their civic and industrial waste is directly dumped into the water bodies.
• In emissions of carbon dioxide China tops the rank followed by the America.
• If water is not reused, we may face worst water shortage in the near future because out of the total water in this world only 3 per cent is fresh water. 

You may also read my article on pollution hazards to know more damages causes by pollution.