Pollution is the introduction of some type of substance or energy that will undermine the normal functioning and balance of the environment initially, also causing almost irreversible damage.
The pollution that occurs on and against the environment (which both humans and animals and plants use to live and develop) is called environmental pollution, being the presence in the environment of some type of physical, chemical or biological agent or the combination of any of these, which will produce this imbalance that we talked about above and that turns out to be widely harmful to the health, safety or well-being of the inhabitants of any nation and of course it is also for the rest of the living beings, like plants and animals.
Pollution can occur exclusively in the soil, air or water, although it can also occur simultaneously in these three areas.
In as much and if the idea is to look for the culprits of this with name and surname, we almost always find a common denominator: the products that intervene in the combustion processes, the presence of chemical compounds made by man and the waste that most factories or industries pull.
A witness case In this aspect, it may be that of recent world promotion and that two neighboring nations such as Argentina and Uruguay are going through, who for some very long months have been starring in a legal fight that has even demanded the attention of the International High Court of The Hague and the King of Spain, for the alleged contamination that Botnia bin It would be practicing in the vicinity of the Uruguay River, where it is established, and that both countries share and that Argentina demands incessantly through the roadblocks or crossings that connect the two banks.
Another painful and local example consists of pollution fluvial del Riachuelo, a river that serves as a legal boundary between the City of Buenos Aires (capital of Argentina) and the province of the same name. In the course of its waters, the residues of dozens of factories are thrown, including leather processors and refrigerators. The level of pollution in the river is high enough to cause serious diseases in the riverine population, including heavy metal poisoning, as well as to prevent the development of all superior life forms in the aquatic environment.
It has been scientifically and reliably demonstrated that the recurrent breathing of polluted air leads to the development of acute cardiovascular conditions, such as heart attack or respiratory diseases.. Also the weakening of the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect have become two future causes that further encourage a panorama of pollution on the planet. Although the lower emission of gases with fluorocarbon contents has been of great help, the process of erosion of the protective layer has not diminished, with the risk of numerous complications for the health of the population, among which secondary skin tumors stand out. to the activity of unfiltered ultraviolet rays that come from the sun itself.
Although pollution can be chemical, electromagnetic, thermal, radioactive, light, visual and microbiological, in recent years we have also witnessed a new type of pollution called acoustics, which finds its causes in what we could call "the delights of consumption", because, for example, the triggers of this type of pollution are, among others, cars, dance venues, building constructions and street vendors.
Finally, it is possible to state that nuclear or radioactive contamination is not a science fiction scenario since, in addition to the military attacks (Hiroshima, Nagasaki) and man-made disasters (Chernobyl), it cannot be forgotten that the last tsunami recorded in Japan in 2011 precipitated a major leak from the Fukushima reactor, intended for peaceful purposes. Therefore, it is necessary that technical and scientific progress be accompanied by preventive measures to prevent pollution from damaging the well-being of man.
