The Pollution desk

The places we live leave a mark.

Pollution is not only an environmental story. It is a story about the air we breathe, the water we share, and the communities asked to carry the cost of convenience.

Pollution Defined

Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the natural surroundings; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely.

​Pollutants are the key elements or components of pollution which are generally waste materials of different forms. Pollution disturbs our ecosystem and the balance in the environment. With modernization and development in our lives pollution has reached its peak; giving rise to global warming and human illness.​​

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