Environmental Pollution and Protective Measures to Combat it

Abstract

Every life on earth is responsible to run this universe and all lives are inter-related too. The only planet in the whole universe, which supports life is Earth. The word ‘Environment’ stands for surroundings. The environment of earth has proved to be fruitful for the existence, growth and development of all human beings. To fulfil the minimum requirement of human like food, housing and energy, environmental resources are being overused at a very fast pace. The overuse of resources for a far stretched period has created extreme environmental troubles like climate change, global warming, deforestation, depletion of fossil fuels and ozone layer are a few to name. Pollution is defined as ‘the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effect’. Pollution disturbs our ecosystem and the balance of the environment. Here in this paper we will throw light on pollution, its cause and impact and ways to protect the environment from pollution.