Forms of pollution and their possible solutions
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- Created on: 16-04-16 14:18
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- Forms of pollution and their possible solutions
- Eutrophication
- Excess of nitrates, nitrites and phosphates in rivers leads to lack of oxygen and increase in aquatic plants and animals (fish) dying
- Caused by fertilisers
- It can cause major health problems for humans e.g. scepticeamia
- Solutions: improves sewage treatment and reduced use of farming fertilisers
- But organic farming methods could reverse this as manure can still lead to an increase of nitrate in streams and rivers
- Excess of nitrates, nitrites and phosphates in rivers leads to lack of oxygen and increase in aquatic plants and animals (fish) dying
- Radioactive pollution
- Nuclear power plants do not produce carbon emissions, but they do produce nuclear waste
- The waste is buried in containers and no one knows if the containers can hold the waste for that length of time.
- Also if humans come in contact with this waste they can get cancer or die
- The waste is buried in containers and no one knows if the containers can hold the waste for that length of time.
- Solutions: some nuclear waste can be reprocessed which means 97% of the waste can be re-used,
- The other 3%has to be stored: the safest way is geological disposal which makes sure waste can not reach the surface
- Nuclear power plants do not produce carbon emissions, but they do produce nuclear waste
- Eutrophication
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