Globalization and the Pollution
Globalisation is a universal phenomenon which was
introduced with the aim of integrating societies, economies and
cultures through a common link of trading policies, technology
and communication. With the advent of globalization though
the standard of economy has improved, it also brought many
new issues into concern. Brain drain, pollution and spread of
diseases are the major problems the world is facing today. For a
large extend the factor behind this is globalisation. Each day we
could hear new forms of pollution and hundreds of people are
becomming victims of this.As a result of globalization large number of industries was
setup all over the world. For setting up of industries newer
areas had to be discovered, so people started destroying large
forest lands. Rapid destruction of forests caused serious threat
to both plants and animal’s .Many species of plants and animals
have become extinct and many are endangered. Reports reveal
that a major portion of forest area is being decreased every
year. This can create far reaching consequence on the
environment. Due to decline in the number of trees, the
temperature of earth is going high. This phenomenon is termed
as Global Warming. Many environmentalists have come
forward raising this issue, but still nobody could find a way to
tackle this problem. Temperature rise causes the polar ice to
melt and increase of sea level. This is a major threat to the
entire living world.
The next problem to be taken into account is the industrial
waste. Each industry produces a huge amount of harmful waste
material every day. And many of them have no proper means
of waste disposal. They either dump the wastes into the sea or
river or in some land mostly banks of rivers. As a result the
land and water is being polluted. Many of the water resources
have been contaminated and become unfit for drinking. Even
the fishes are dying off in mass amount .Due to these reasons the
problem of drinking water scarcity has turned out to be fierce.
Also the outlet gases from industries are highly dangerous
which includes poisonous chemicals like sulphur oxides, nitrogen
oxides, carbon monoxide, toxic metals like lead, cadmium
etc..This adds to air pollution. Air pollution has far reaching
effects on human health. Mostly it affects the respiratory system
and the cardiovascular system. Inhalation of polluted air
negatively affects the functioning of lungs and other organs of
our body. It can lead to minor breathing problems to severe
respiratory disorder as the degree of exposure to pollutants
increases.
Sulphur oxides reacts with atmospheric water producing
euphoric acid and thus forming acid rain which causes heavy
destruction to historical monuments. Such incidents have
already been reported in the case of TajMahal. Another harmful
chemical which appeared on the screen in recent times is
chlorofluro carbons (CFCs).CFCs are considered ideal for many
industrial, commercial and household applications like coolants
for commercial and home refrigeration units, aerosol
propellants, electronic cleaning solvents and blowing agents.
CFCs were found to be the major reason for the depletion of
ozone layer. Depletion of ozone layer can inturn is very
destructive for the living beings as it protects our earth from
the harmful radiations from the sun which can lead to serious
skin diseases. Over a few decades, the agricultural production
has increased tremendously with the use of hybrid varieties of
plants and highly effective fertilizers and pesticides/insecticides.
Such chemicals are hazardous to human well being. Strong
evidences of neurological defects have already been reported.
If this pace of globalisation continues, we will have to
witness dramatic environmental changes. So we will have to
adopt certain eco-friendly techniques to bring down the side
effects of globalisation. Of course, some programmes have been
introduced like Vanamahotsava and Montreal Protocol.
Vanamahotsava aims for planting more number of trees and
creating awareness about the importance of trees and forests in
the proper environmental balance. Also, strong laws have been
imposed against deforestaion. The Montreal Protocol on
Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international
treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by bringing down the
use of CFCs and replacing it by some less harmful chemicals. It’s
the duty of each and every citizen to save our mother earth. So
combined effort must be taken in this regard.
introduced with the aim of integrating societies, economies and
cultures through a common link of trading policies, technology
and communication. With the advent of globalization though
the standard of economy has improved, it also brought many
new issues into concern. Brain drain, pollution and spread of
diseases are the major problems the world is facing today. For a
large extend the factor behind this is globalisation. Each day we
could hear new forms of pollution and hundreds of people are
becomming victims of this.As a result of globalization large number of industries was
setup all over the world. For setting up of industries newer
areas had to be discovered, so people started destroying large
forest lands. Rapid destruction of forests caused serious threat
to both plants and animal’s .Many species of plants and animals
have become extinct and many are endangered. Reports reveal
that a major portion of forest area is being decreased every
year. This can create far reaching consequence on the
environment. Due to decline in the number of trees, the
temperature of earth is going high. This phenomenon is termed
as Global Warming. Many environmentalists have come
forward raising this issue, but still nobody could find a way to
tackle this problem. Temperature rise causes the polar ice to
melt and increase of sea level. This is a major threat to the
entire living world.
The next problem to be taken into account is the industrial
waste. Each industry produces a huge amount of harmful waste
material every day. And many of them have no proper means
of waste disposal. They either dump the wastes into the sea or
river or in some land mostly banks of rivers. As a result the
land and water is being polluted. Many of the water resources
have been contaminated and become unfit for drinking. Even
the fishes are dying off in mass amount .Due to these reasons the
problem of drinking water scarcity has turned out to be fierce.
Also the outlet gases from industries are highly dangerous
which includes poisonous chemicals like sulphur oxides, nitrogen
oxides, carbon monoxide, toxic metals like lead, cadmium
etc..This adds to air pollution. Air pollution has far reaching
effects on human health. Mostly it affects the respiratory system
and the cardiovascular system. Inhalation of polluted air
negatively affects the functioning of lungs and other organs of
our body. It can lead to minor breathing problems to severe
respiratory disorder as the degree of exposure to pollutants
increases.
Sulphur oxides reacts with atmospheric water producing
euphoric acid and thus forming acid rain which causes heavy
destruction to historical monuments. Such incidents have
already been reported in the case of TajMahal. Another harmful
chemical which appeared on the screen in recent times is
chlorofluro carbons (CFCs).CFCs are considered ideal for many
industrial, commercial and household applications like coolants
for commercial and home refrigeration units, aerosol
propellants, electronic cleaning solvents and blowing agents.
CFCs were found to be the major reason for the depletion of
ozone layer. Depletion of ozone layer can inturn is very
destructive for the living beings as it protects our earth from
the harmful radiations from the sun which can lead to serious
skin diseases. Over a few decades, the agricultural production
has increased tremendously with the use of hybrid varieties of
plants and highly effective fertilizers and pesticides/insecticides.
Such chemicals are hazardous to human well being. Strong
evidences of neurological defects have already been reported.
If this pace of globalisation continues, we will have to
witness dramatic environmental changes. So we will have to
adopt certain eco-friendly techniques to bring down the side
effects of globalisation. Of course, some programmes have been
introduced like Vanamahotsava and Montreal Protocol.
Vanamahotsava aims for planting more number of trees and
creating awareness about the importance of trees and forests in
the proper environmental balance. Also, strong laws have been
imposed against deforestaion. The Montreal Protocol on
Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international
treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by bringing down the
use of CFCs and replacing it by some less harmful chemicals. It’s
the duty of each and every citizen to save our mother earth. So
combined effort must be taken in this regard.
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