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Soil pollution is the result of excessive usage chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides as well as soil erosion. Apart from these, there is many a soil pollutant like toxic compounds, radioactive material and salts. Hydrocarbons, heavy metals (cadmium, lead, chromium, copper, zinc, mercury, and arsenic), herbicides, oils, tars, PCBs, and dioxins cause soil pollution.Before 1970 there was little knowledge about soil pollution. |
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For the framing of guidelines for the check of soil pollutants, there was the formation of the US Super Fund Act in 1980. Presently 2,00,000 sites are available for soil cleansing. It is quite expensive needing million of dollars and also involves great labor force.
There are many diseases those are contracted by the people living near polluted lands. They suffer from migraine, nausea, fatigue, miscarriage and skin diseases. Even there are some long lasting diseases due to polluted soils which are cancer, leukemia, reproductive disorders, kidney and liver damages and damage to central nervous system. Due to this, children may suffer from stunted growth and weak immune system.
This is mainly due to lead in the soil and it causes developmental impediment of the brain. Mercury causes risk of kidney damage. A chemical called cyclodienes can cause liver toxicity.
The contact with the polluted soil can be both direct and indirect. Using polluted soils and lands like parks, playgrounds are direct. Indirect contact is inhaling soil pollutants. Water being polluted by the polluted soil is secondary contamination.
Even the crops grown in polluted lands can also cause innumerable health hazards. This is closely connected to water contamination. The affects of both are similar.
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