Report on Industrial Pollution

Report on Industrial Pollution

Introduction: With the process of industrialization and modernization came social change, economic development, and technological innovation. But knowingly or unknowingly human beings introduced another entity to the civilization – pollution. Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. The Bangladesh Environment Protection Act, 1995 defines pollution as:

“Contamination or alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of air, water, or soil, including the change in temperature, taste, turbidity, dour or any other characteristics of these or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid and radioactive substance, the discharge, disposal and dumping of which may cause adverse/negative changes of the environment.”

Industrial pollution is pollution which can be directly linked with industry, in contrast to other pollution sources. This form of pollution is one of the leading causes of pollution worldwide. This form of pollution dates back to antiquity, but widespread industrial pollution accelerated rapidly in the 1800s, with the start of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution mechanized means of production, allowing for a much greater volume of production, and generating a corresponding increase in pollution. The problem was compounded by the use of fuels like coal, which is notoriously unclean, and a poor understanding of the causes and consequences of pollution. Later this type of Pollution became a popular issue after World War II, due to radioactive fallout from atomic warfare and testing. Because of the nature of the global environment, industrial pollution is never limited to industrial nations. As the countries all over the world are going through industrialization, more is being added to the global burden of industrial pollution, triggering the importance of detecting the causes behind this catastrophe and planning the ways of preventing it along with implementation.