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Environmental Pollution, Its Causes and Impact on Ecosystem

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Pollution is one of the major concerns for our society, and it has gained serious importance in the past couple of decades, as it is not only degrading the quality of our health but is also shaking the roots of our beautiful and well-balanced ecosystem. In this chapter, various types of pollution are discussed, which are disturbing our ecosystem. The remedies and their impact on ecosystem have been discussed in details. Anthropogenic activities causing pollution have also been discussed. Pollution are generally classified as air, water, soil and solid waste have been discussed. Toxicology of every pollution is discussed.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Sushma Negi

  2. Department of Zoology, Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Smriti Batoye

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Kunal Singh

  4. Department of Defence and National Security Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Haryana, India

    Jaskaran Singh Waraich

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Negi, S., Batoye, S., Singh, K., Waraich, J.S. (2021). Environmental Pollution, Its Causes and Impact on Ecosystem. In: Kumar, R., Kumar, R., Kaur, G. (eds) New Frontiers of Nanomaterials in Environmental Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9239-3_1

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