Abstract

Environmental problems have always existed throughout human history but widespread recognition has come, understandably, only belatedly, after many years of steadily accumulating pollution. This concern is surprisingly recent and a localized phenomenon beginning only in the late 1960’s and largely confined to economically advanced countries. This economic growth accompanied by population increase and urbanization has had the deleterious effect on quality of our water resources through the addition of sheer quantity of effluents generated by high levels of industrial production, mal-agropractices and unchecked domestic activities. The quantity of varied effluents added, has overcome the neutral, self-cleansing powers of the water and the waste disposal functions of this environmental medium has become incompatible with its use for other purposes. Who is to be blamed? Man of course.

Author

Sonika Lalwani   ( Pages 173-178 )
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Keyword

malagropractices, toxicity, organisms

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