Volume : 3, Issue : 5, May - 2014

Pollution and Health

Godalka Anita Pravinchandra, Dr. Yogesh R. Pandya

Abstract :

The environment is made up of air, water and land, technically known as atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere respectively which together constitute the biosphere. In the biosphere, apart from human beings, plants, animals, birds, fishes, insects and microorganisms (algae, bacteria and virus) also exist. The atmosphere provides oxygen, while the hydrosphere and lithosphere provide food, water and space. Whenever a change, physical or chemical, occurs in the atmosphere, hydrosphere or lithosphere, all living beings are affected. This change is termed as pollution and the agents that institute these changes are called pollutants.