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Soil Pollution: By-Aaliya Raiyani Ix-B

This document discusses soil pollution, defining it as the buildup of toxic compounds and chemicals in soil that harm plant and animal health. Soil pollution can occur through seepage from landfills, industrial waste discharge, contaminated water percolation, storage tank ruptures, and excessive fertilizer/pesticide use. The main pollutants are petroleum, heavy metals, pesticides and solvents. Soil pollution can be from agriculture, industry, or urban activities and affects both surface and underground soils. Causes include chemical spills, waste dumping, and industrial chemical usage. Control methods center around reducing plastic and chemical use and treating industrial waste.

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Soil Pollution: By-Aaliya Raiyani Ix-B

This document discusses soil pollution, defining it as the buildup of toxic compounds and chemicals in soil that harm plant and animal health. Soil pollution can occur through seepage from landfills, industrial waste discharge, contaminated water percolation, storage tank ruptures, and excessive fertilizer/pesticide use. The main pollutants are petroleum, heavy metals, pesticides and solvents. Soil pollution can be from agriculture, industry, or urban activities and affects both surface and underground soils. Causes include chemical spills, waste dumping, and industrial chemical usage. Control methods center around reducing plastic and chemical use and treating industrial waste.

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SOIL POLLUTION

By- Aaliya Raiyani


IX-B
Definition:
 Soil pollution is defined as the build-up in soils of persistent toxic
compounds, chemicals, salts,radioactive materials, or disease causing
agents, which have adverse effects on plant growth and animal health.

 Soil is the thin layer of organic and inorganic materials that covers the
Earth's rocky surface.The organic portion, which is derived from the
decayed remains of plants and animals, is concentratedin the dark
uppermost topsoil. The inorganic portion made up of rock fragments,
was formed overthousands of years by physical and chemical
weathering of bedrock. Productive soils are necessary foragriculture to
supply the world with sufficient food.
There are many different ways that The most common chemicals involved
soil can become polluted, such as: in causing soil pollution are:
• Seepage from a landfill • Petroleum hydrocarbons
• Discharge of industrial waste into the • Heavy metals
soil • Pesticides
• Percolation of contaminated water • Solvents
into the soil
• Rupture of underground storage
tanks
• Excess application of pesticides,
herbicides or fertilizer
• Solid waste seepage
Types of Soil Pollution
• Agricultural Soil Pollution
i) pollution of surface soil
ii) pollution of underground soil
• Soil pollution by industrial effluents and solid wastes
i) pollution of surface soil
ii) disturbances in soil profile
• Pollution due to urban activities
i) pollution of surface soil
ii) pollution of underground soil
Causes of Soil Pollution
Soil pollution is caused by the presence of man-made chemicals or
other alteration in the natural soil environment. This type of
contamination typically arises from the rupture of underground storage
links, application of pesticides, percolation of contaminated surface
water to subsurface strata, oil and fuel dumping, leaching of wastes
from landfills or direct discharge of industrial wastes to the soil. The
most common chemicals involved are petroleum hydrocarbons,
solvents, pesticides, lead and other heavy metals. This occurrence of
this phenomenon is correlated with the degree of industrialization and
intensities of chemical usage.
Soil pollution can be controlled by the
following measures:

• By reducing the use of plastics, we can


reduce soil pollution.
• By controlling the use of chemical fertilisers
and pesticides, we can control soil pollution.
• Treating industrial waste before releasing

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