Catherine J. Frompovich – Humans and technology are the primary contributors to all pollution, either inadvertently or deliberately.
Manufacturing processes; obtaining raw materials and resources (mining and forest destruction, etc.); and technological ‘advances’ – more often than not – are the major contributors along with vehicular exhausts and ever-increasing road traffic.
Man-made pollution and its devastating ecological and adverse health effects have been referred to as “anthropogenic activity,” meaning changes made in Nature made by people. Here are some of the more commonly known pollution problems:
Agricultural; Air; Chemical; Hazardous Waste; Light; Noise; Radioactive; Soil; Thermal and Water
However, the above pollution listing is not complete! Missing are: Continue reading