Pollution Related Syndromes and Their Reasons- Air Pollution, Water Pollution and Land Pollution
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- A Syndrome can be defined as the collection of signs and symptoms associated with a specific health-related cause.
- It is a characteristic combination of opinions, emotions, or behaviour.
- A Syndrome can have more than one identifying feature or symptom.
- For example, chronic fatigue syndrome is a neurological condition, diagnosed from a collection of symptoms in addition to the main symptom of post-exertional malaise.
Pollution and Syndromes
Air Pollution
Pollutants | Sources | Syndromes |
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Particulate Matter | Burning fossil fuels in vehicles, stubble burning, road dust etc. | Affects Lungs and Heart, Coughing, Difficult breathing etc. |
Ground-level ozone | Photochemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the presence of sunlight. | Chest pain, coughing, throat irritation, congestion etc. |
Carbon monoxide | Household appliances like gas fires, boilers, open fires which use gas, coal or wood, running a car engine within a closed space etc. | Headache, dizziness, vomiting, and nausea etc. |
Sulfur dioxides | Electric power companies burning coal, Smelting of metals such as copper, zinc, lead, and nickel. | Eye irritation, tract infections, coughing, mucus secretion, chronic bronchitis etc. |
Nitrogen oxides | Combustion of fossil fuels, produced from nitric acid, welding and using explosives etc. | Nausea, Headache, Difficulty breathing, Aggravation of respiratory diseases etc. |
Lead | Paint, Dust, Soil, Drinking water etc. | Loss of appetite, Abdominal pain, Tired etc. |
Water Pollution
Pollutants | Sources | Syndromes |
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Organic Wastes | Decay of animals and plants, waste and discharge from food processing factories etc. | Toxins to aquatic life, Death of sea animals due to contaminated water etc. |
Pesticides | Chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, fungi etc. | Stinging eyes, rashes, blisters, blindness, nausea, dizziness, diarrhea, and death. |
Radioactive Materials (Uranium, Thorium etc.) | Mining, Power Plants, Natural Sources etc. | Cancerous, Damage cells, respiratory and cardiovascular disease etc. |
Sediments (Soil) | Land erosion from farms and construction sites | Increased prostate cancer, declines in sperm counts etc. |
Heavy Metals (Lead, Mercury, Arsenic) | Household Chemicals, Industrial Discharges etc. | Cancer, disrupt immune and endocrine systems. |
Land Pollution
Pollutants | Sources | Syndromes |
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Untreated Human Wastes | Human Sewages (Wastes, Plastics, Glass, Paper) | Skin Diseases and Cancer |
Harmful chemicals, such as uranium, being disturbed and released. | Mining | Cancer, Diarrhea, Skin and Eye irritation etc. |
Toxins washed during rains | Landfills and Wastes | Diarrhea, Skin diseases, Typhoid etc. |
Use of pesticides and insecticides to protect crops | Agricultural chemicals | Stinging eyes, rashes, blisters, blindness, nausea, dizziness, diarrhea and death. |
Dirt and gravel, masonry and concrete, scrap metal, oil, solvents, chemicals, even vegetable matter | Industrial Wastes | Diarrhea, Stomach cramps, anxiety etc. |