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SOIL POLLUTION
Contamination of soil by human and natural activities which cause harmful effects on living beings
Industrial wastes
Paper mills Chemical industries Tanneries Textiles Oil refineries Fertilizers Pesticides Coal & mineral mining industries & so on
Effects
Alters the biological properties of soil Disturbs human food chain Serious effects on human life
Urban wastes
Sources Plastics Glasses Garbage and rubbish materials Rubber Street sweepings Fuel residues Discarded manufactured products Effects Nondegradables harm the environment
Agricultural practices
Sources
Modern agricultural methods Use of fertilizers Pesticides Herbicide Weedicides Farm waste Debris Eroded soil containing inorganic chemicals
Radioactive pollution
Sources
Explosions of nuclear dusts Radioactive wastes Effects accumulates thereby creates soil pollution
Biological Agents
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PAPER RUBBER
OIL ACIDS,ALKALIS,PHENOLS ANTIBIOTI TOXIC CHEMICALS CS DRUG SUSPENDED ORGANIC MATTER INCLUDING VITAMINS
S.NO INDUSTRY
6 7 DISTILLERY CHEMICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
HIGH COD, LOW pH,N,K TOXIC COMPOUNDS,PHENOLS
INORGANIC INDUSTRY 1 2 THERMAL POWER PLANT STEEL MILLS HEAVY METALS, INORGANIC COMPUNDS ACIDS,PHENOLS,ALKALI,CYANIDES, IRON SALTS,ORES SODIUM,ORGANIC MATTER,COLOUR,HIGH PH METALLICS,TOXIC CYANIDES,Cd,Cr,Zn,Cu,Al AND LOW PH Ca, Cr, HIGH SALT CONTENT
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TANNERIES
CONTROL
OF SOIL POLLUTION
TREE PLANTING
VARYING CROPPING METHODS SUBSTITUTING ANIMAL MANURES