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Pollution is the harmful effect on the
environment of by-products of human activity,
principally industrial and agricultural
processes, eg: noise, smoke, car emissions,
chemical and radioactive effluents in air,
seas, and rivers, pesticides, radiation,
sewage, and household waste. Pollution
contributes to the greenhouse effect.
Pollution control involves higher production
costs for the industries concerned, but
failure to implement adequate controls may
result in irreversible environmental damage
and an increase in the incidence of diseases
such as cancer. Radioactive pollution results
from inadequate nuclear safety.
Subject by: Vince Pike