Environmental Pollution and the Effects of the Pollutants on the Ecosystem

Year 2018, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 11 - 17, 27.12.2018

Arzu Özkara , Dilek Akyıl

Abstract

Abstract

One of the
greatest problems that the world is facing today is that of environmental
pollution, increasing with every passing year and causing grave and
irreparable damage to the earth. Pollutants emerge from various anthropogenic
sources in ecosystem and are distributed throughout environmental matrices.
There are different types of pollutant e.g. heavy metal, pesticides, industrial
compounds, personal care products, poisonous gases and PAHs. These pollutants
may be mobile and persistent in water, air, soil and sediments even at low
concentrations. Pollution must be taken
seriously, as it has a negative effect on natural elements that are an absolute
need for life to exist on earth, such as water and air. For these reasons, the purpose of
this publication is to explain types of pollutions and the effects of the pollutants on the ecosystem.

Keywords

Ecosystem, Pesticide, PAHs, Pollution

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