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Soil pollution is the contamination of soil due to human and natural activities, leading to harmful effects on living organisms. Major causes include industrial and urban wastes, agricultural practices, radioactive pollutants, and biological agents, which can alter soil properties and enter the food chain. Control measures such as ecofarming aim to protect soil and the environment by avoiding chemical inputs and promoting biodiversity.

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Soil Pullotion

Soil pollution is the contamination of soil due to human and natural activities, leading to harmful effects on living organisms. Major causes include industrial and urban wastes, agricultural practices, radioactive pollutants, and biological agents, which can alter soil properties and enter the food chain. Control measures such as ecofarming aim to protect soil and the environment by avoiding chemical inputs and promoting biodiversity.

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Soil pollution

Soil pollution is defined as, “contamination of soil by human and natural activities
which may cause harmful effect on living organisms”

Causes and effects of soil pollution


❑ Industrial wastes
❑ Urban wastes
❑ Agricultural practices
❑ Radioactive pollutants
❑ Biological agents
❑ Polymer, Plastics & other waste
Industrial wastes
▪ Mainly discharged from various origins such as pulp and paper mills, chemical
fertilizers, oil refineries, sugar factories, tanneries, textiles, steel, distilleries,
fertilizers, pesticides, coal and mineral mining industries, drugs, glass, cement,
petroleum and engineering industries etc.
Effects
▪ These pollutants affect and alter the chemical and biological properties of soil
▪ Causes biomagnification, Hazardous chemicals can enter into human food
chain from the soil or water
▪ Disturb the biochemical process and finally lead to serious effects on living
organisms.
Urban wastes
▪ Plastics, glasses, metallic cans, fibers, paper, rubbers, street sweepings, fuel
residues, leaves, containers, abandoned vehicles and other discarded manufactured
products.

Effects
▪ Alter the constitution of soil
▪ Cause Water logging
▪ Cause biomagnifications of toxic materials through food chain
Agricultural practices
▪ fertilizers, pesticides, weedicides
▪ Different fertilizers discharge N, Na, K, S, Nitrates etc.
▪ chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide and weedicides
▪ Organic phosphorous pesticides
▪ Farm wastes, manure debris

Effects
▪ Water logging, Salinization, micronutrient imbalance, loss of fertile soil
▪ The nitrate causes cancer, blue baby syndrome in infants
Radioactive pollutants
▪ Atomic reactor, nuclear radioactive devices, Explosion of hydrogen weapons and
cosmic radiations

Effects
▪ Mutations, changes functions of living beings, cancers, Infant mortality

Biological agents
▪ The human and animal wastes, garbage, waste water
Effects
▪ Variety of diseases
▪ Cause nutrient imbalance
Control Measures of Soil pollution
Ecofarming:
Eco-farming combines modern food science with respect for
nature and biodiversity. It ensures healthy farming and healthy
food, soil, water and climate. © Peter Caton/Greenpeace.
▪ It protects the soil, the water and the climate.
▪ It does not contaminate the environment with chemical inputs or use
genetically engineered crops

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