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The document discusses various causes of land pollution, including agricultural activities, mining, urbanization, nuclear waste, and deforestation. It highlights the detrimental effects of these activities on ecosystems, soil, and water resources. The information emphasizes the long-term consequences of land degradation and pollution on both the environment and human health.

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The document discusses various causes of land pollution, including agricultural activities, mining, urbanization, nuclear waste, and deforestation. It highlights the detrimental effects of these activities on ecosystems, soil, and water resources. The information emphasizes the long-term consequences of land degradation and pollution on both the environment and human health.

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CHAPTER 7: 2. MINING ACTIVITIES


CAUSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS: Mining has the potential to pollute the air
LAND POLLUTION and water supply, damage biodiversity and
ecosystems, and permanently alter natural
2ND SLIDE landscapes. Mining harms the ecosystem
WHAT IS LAND POLLUTION? by destroying habitats, causing soil erosion,
Land pollution is the destruction of the earth’s land and polluting surface water, groundwater,
surfaces, often directly or indirectly as a result of and soil.
human activities and their misuse of land
resources.

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CAUSES OF LAND POLLUTION
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3. URBANIZATION
4th SLIDE Intensive urbanization will exacerbate
1. AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES poverty by preventing local municipalities
As animal production grows, it becomes from providing services to all residents.
decoupled from crop production, causing Increased air pollution from concentrated
normal nutrient cycles between plants, soil, energy usage has a direct effect on human
and animals to be severely disrupted, health. Lead levels in urban air are elevated
resulting in the widespread use of synthetic as a result of automobile emissions.
herbicides, insecticides, bactericides, and
fertilizers, all of which contribute to pollution.
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4. NUCLEAR WASTE 6. DUMPING
The soil is also contaminated by radioactive Dumping of solid wastes is one of the most
waste from nuclear research stations and important factors which are responsible for
nuclear power plants, as well as radioactive the land pollution. Solid waste do not easily
fallout from nuclear explosions. Since decay, they pile up in landfills, where they
radioactive materials have a long half-life, stay for many years. These bring great harm
they can survive in the soil for long periods to the land and people around it.
of time.

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5. DEFORESTATION
Because of deforestation and forest fires,
soils lose their vegetation cover. The
erosion process is thus accelerated,
creating soil degradation as well as water
pollution. Deforestation leads to the loss of
the land's value as, once converted into a
dry or barren land, it can never be made
fertile again.

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