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Friday, October 9, 2009

Land Pollution Monsters

Land pollution is claiming land twice as fast as Genghis khan did. Land fills are major contributors towards land pollution. Our careless waste disposal methods have been found quite addictive and there toxic nectars are steadily feeding the ugly monster of Land pollution. Land pollution produced by landfills and their leachate (water) seeps into and ground and hits water table making it unfit for human consumption. Land pollution the action of environmental contamination with man-made waste on land.

Land pollution & United States:

Land pollution monster in USA is as epic as God Father; USA has 3091 active landfills and over 10000 old municipal landfills. Land pollution In USA has entered in an era when a chemical spill can kill thousands, wastes buried 20 years earlier can contaminate community water supplies, and environmental ignorance is planting the seeds for later diseases. An average American generates five pounds of solid waste every day, thus creating one ton of Land pollution each year. In an average day in the USA, people throw out 200,000 tons of organic Land pollutants and throw 1 million bushels of litter out of their automobiles. The main human contributor to land pollution is landfills.

Land pollution & China:

Land pollution in china is as big as its industrial might. Due to Land pollution approximately 28 % of China’s landmass has been stripped. Land pollution has also been caused due to acid rain. Land pollution is expanding by approximately two million hectares each year. Land is also heavily polluted with heavy metals and toxic substances.
Land pollution has also claimed about 90 % of China’s grasslands to a degradation of varying degrees. Land Pollution has lead to series of public health hazard and loss of land for useful purposes. China is in severe need of proper solid waste management system.

Land pollution & India:

The Kali of Land pollution has been taking millions of lives silently for decades in India now. Land pollution in India is due to pesticides and fertilizers as well as corrosion. Industrial wastes and lack of sanitation with an ever exploding population has stressed India’s eco system to its limits. Nearly every natural water body in India is now unfit for human consumption. 1,000 Indian children die of diarrhoeal sickness every day.

Land pollution in Pakistan, Brazil & Peru:

Land pollution in Pakistan is mainly caused of filth on streets and almost no sanitation. Land pollution is taking over Pakistani Cities and the country side way faster then the American brand of Taliban’s. Land pollution in Peru is caused by deforestation, soil erosion, soil pollution, water pollution and air pollution, while the phobia of bio fuel is the major cause of land pollution in brazil, where hectors and hectors of Amazon is being chopped for growing sugarcane to produce ethanol.

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