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Pollution has negative impact on human health. The impacts represent the aggregate of concerns in all the types of pollution affecting human societies in their… Read More »Impact of Pollutants/Pollution on Human Health

Human activities have resulted in large-scale changes in nutrient cycles. Human activities produce some effects on the nutrient cycles. Five input and five nutrient output… Read More »What is the Human Impacts on Nutrient Cycles?

Human activities are largely incriminated for environmental pollution everywhere in the world. These activities range from agriculture, mining, industries to construction and poor state of… Read More »Anthropogenic Sources of Pollution

When we are predisposed to situations of pollution certain traits or factors in us and the period of time and concentration of the pollutant in… Read More »The Concept of Exposure Pattern

Chemicals, most of which may be described as pollutants, have become a part of our life, sustaining many of our activities, preventing and controlling diseases,… Read More »Methods of Monitoring Pollutants and Contaminants

The problems facing the environment are vast and diverse. Human activities range from agriculture, mining, industries to construction and poor state of waste management. All… Read More »Natural Sources of Pollution

Pollution threatens the fundamental life support system of our dear earth (water, Air, and soil). This development underscores the significance of pollution control in Environmental… Read More »Concept and Definition of Pollution

Food is very important to our lives. It provides the necessary nutrients we require to keep life moving on. The foods we eat are produced… Read More »Food Contamination/Pollution and Sources of Food Contamination

Before we go into the classifications of pollutants, let’s first understand the meaning of a pollutant. A pollutant is a substance or energy introduced into… Read More »Types and Classifications of Pollutants

Pollutants in a given medium are present in both quantity and quality and the space and time they are present all determine the risk factor… Read More »Assessment of Pollutants and Risk Assessment in Public Health

In most developing countries, noise pollution is on the increase because of industrialization, increasing traffic, population and urbanization. Many city centres of urban areas are… Read More »Noise Pollution: Concept, Sources, Effects, and Control Measures

Soil represents the sojourn of man. It is the place where we live and carry out our lives activities. The food we eat are nurtured… Read More »Soil Meaning and Soil Properties

Water is another important media of pollution. Pollutants find themselves in water and become sources of danger to human health and the environment. The significance… Read More »Sources and Types of Water Pollution

Air is a very important component of the natural environment. Indeed it can be described as the most important life support component; hence man can… Read More »Air Pollution and Different Types of Air Pollution

According to the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea, the Continental Shelf is the area of the seabed and subsoil that extends beyond… Read More »Management and protection of continental shelf and territorial Sea

Brackish water is found where ocean or marine water meets with freshwater from rivers such as in estuaries. An estuary is a junction where a… Read More »Estuary and Coastal Pollution of Brackish Water

Pollution affects different living organisms in the aquatic environment differently. This has made it necessary to discuss the effect of different pollutants on fish, plankton,… Read More »Effects of Pollution on Fish, Algae, Zooplankton, Benthic Organisms, and Water Quality