"Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change."
Pollution caused by industrial activities, including emissions from factories, power plants, and transportation.
History of industrial pollution: This topic covers the evolution of industrialization and its impact on the environment.
Types of industrial pollution: This topic covers the different types of pollutants generated by various industries and their effects.
Pollution control technology: This topic covers the various technologies and techniques used to control industrial pollution.
Environmental regulations: This topic covers the laws and regulations put in place by governments to control industrial pollution.
Environmental governance: This topic covers the different forms of governance for environmental issues.
Environmental policy: This topic covers the formulation and implementation of policies to control industrial pollution.
Corporate environmental responsibility: This topic covers the responsibility of companies to reduce their environmental impact.
Pollution prevention strategies: This topic covers the various strategies employed to prevent industrial pollution.
Environmental justice: This topic covers the impact of industrial pollution on marginalized communities and how to address these issues.
Sustainable development: This topic encompasses the balance between economic growth and environmental protection.
Air pollution: The release of harmful gases or particulates into the Earth's atmosphere through industrial processes such as burning fossil fuels, chemical reactions or manufacturing.
Water pollution: The contamination of water bodies such as oceans, rivers, lakes, and groundwater systems, often through industrial waste disposal into the water bodies.
Soil pollution: The presence of toxic chemicals, heavy metals or other dangerous compounds in the soil, often caused by industrial waste disposal or excavations.
Noise pollution: Excessive noise levels from industrial activities like heavy machinery, mining operations or construction works, which can have harmful effects on both humans and wildlife.
Thermal pollution: The discharge of heated water or air from industrial processes, which can significantly raise the temperature of nearby streams or lakes, leading to harmful impact on aquatic ecosystem.
Light pollution: Excessive artificial light at night time from industrial facilities.
Radioactive pollution: The release of radioactive elements or particles into the environment, most commonly associated with nuclear power plants or waste disposal.
Industrial waste pollution: The accumulation of industrial waste, including toxic chemicals, in landfills and other dump sites.
Visual pollution: The unsightly appearance of industrial facilities or elements that can spoil the natural landscape.
Agricultural pollution: Pollution that results from agricultural activities, including the use of pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals, and can lead to soil and water contamination.
Plastic pollution: The discard of plastic products or packaging from industrial operations, which contribute to the massive accumulation of plastic debris in the environment.
Chemical pollution: The release of chemicals that are deemed harmful to human, animal, and plant life.
"Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy [...]."
"Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants."
"The word pollution generally implies that the contaminants have an anthropogenic source – that is, a source created by human activities [...]."
"Manufacturing, extractive industries, poor waste management, transportation, or agriculture."
"Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution."
"Many sources of pollution were unregulated parts of industrialization during the 19th and 20th centuries until the emergence of environmental regulation and pollution policy in the later half of the 20th century."
"Major forms of pollution include air pollution, light pollution, litter, noise pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, thermal pollution, visual pollution, and water pollution."
"Pollution has widespread consequences on human and environmental health, having a systematic impact on social and economic systems."
"In 2019, pollution killed nine million people worldwide (one in six deaths)."
"Air pollution accounted for 3⁄4 of these earlier deaths."
"A 2022 literature review found that levels of anthropogenic chemical pollution have exceeded planetary boundaries and now threaten entire ecosystems around the world."
"Pollutants frequently have outsized impacts on vulnerable populations, such as children and the elderly, and marginalized communities."
"This outsized impact is a core reason for the formation of the environmental justice movement."
"Because of the impacts of these chemicals, local, country and international policy have increasingly sought to regulate pollutants."
"Regional and national policy is typically supervised by environmental agencies or ministries."
"International efforts are coordinated by the UN Environmental Program and other treaty bodies."
"Increasing air and water quality standards, alongside regulation of specific waste streams."
"Pollution mitigation is an important part of all of the Sustainable Development Goals."
"Sites where historically polluting industries released persistent pollutants may have legacy pollution long after the source of the pollution is stopped."