Vocabulary

Soil Pollution
Presentation

What is it?
Soil pollution is caused by the presence of human-made chemicals in the natural soil environment.
Dumps, created by the
people, – one of the
reasons of soil pollution

Reasons for soil pollution in Great Britain
Main reasons come from
Industries
Human activity
Discharges from factories usually consist of a series of inorganic wastes, which they usually throw to soil
Industrialisation contributed increasing the number of factories have increased, and to the wastes from them increased too.
Farmers in Great Britain every year apply to the soil more the 2 million tones of fertilizers, and big part of them gets into soil.

Soil pollution in Russia
Contamination of soil occurs in almost all kinds of human activities.
A considerable contribution to soil pollution is made by technological wastes
Dumps in forests – is a common feature for Russia

How does it affect humans?
There are many diseases those are contracted by the people living near polluted lands
The contact with the polluted soil can be either direct or indirect
Soil pollution for kids always involves higher risks than for adults

How does it affect wildlife?
The wastes from industries are proving greater threat to the land and water.
Pollution is one of the reasons of the decreasing of soil’s fertility
The pesticides and fertilizers cause much harm to the birds and animals

The solutions to the problem
Reducing the releases of factories
Using environmental friendly materials in industry
Cleaning up the polluted soil
Checking the state of the soil regularly
Controlling people actions and forbidding them to pollute soil
Observing the waste hierarchy

Observing the waste hierarchy
The waste hierarchy refers to the three Rs:
R
-educe
-euse
-ecycle
Reduce - to buy less and use less
Reuse - using some elements again
Recycle - converting old products into new