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NIOS Lesson 32 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

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The earth has just the right kind of conditions of temperature range, air, water, soil for supporting life and is protected from harmful rays from the outer space by the ozone layer. With progressive increase in human population and human activities, the quality of air, water, soil and other natural sources get degraded and become unfit for use by organisms.  Increasing population, urbanization and industrialization has led to the decreased availability of water. The quality of water used is also being deteriorated as it is getting more and more polluted.  You may be aware of at least some health hazards and harmful effects of water pollution. The main components of soil are 90–95%. Inorganic matter and 5–10% organic matter besides soil contains water and air, the composition of the soil varies considerably place to place. Soil has become dumping ground of most of the waste products. There will be a great loss of earth crust. T...