Current tools for removal of hazardous materials from environments

    05-Nov-2021
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Vimal Chandra Pandey, Vijai Singh
Contd from previous issue
In the current Anthropocene, environmental pollution is a global problem that is inextricably linked with rapid industrialization and urbanization. Pollution hampers the environment sustainability and ecosystem services. In this chapter, we will briefly introduce environmental pollution (now popularly called pollution science) before the introduction of the theme topic.
Environmental pollution is the unfavorable alteration of our surroundings, wholly or largely as a byproduct of man’s actions, through direct or indirect effects of the changes in the energy pattern, radiation levels, and chemical and physical constitution and abundance of organisms. Environmental pollution is a global problem and is common to both developed as well as developing countries, which attracts the attention of human beings for its severe long-term consequences. The decline in environmental quality as a consequence of pollution is evidenced by loss of vegetation, biological diversity, excessive amounts of harmful chemicals in the ambient atmosphere and in food grains, and growing risks of environmental accidents and threats to life support systems. Pollution is viewed from different angles by different people but is commonly agreed to be the outcome of urban-industrial and technological revolution and rapacious and speedy exploitation of natural resources, increased rate of exchange of matter and energy, and ever-increasing industrial wastes, urban effluents, and consumer goods.
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