环境污染〖中英文对照〗（Environmental pollution）.docVIP

环境污染〖中英文对照〗（Environmental pollution） Environmental pollution What is pollution With the advent of the industrial revolution, the environmental pollution caused by it is also increasing dramatically. We define pollution as a adverse change in the physical, chemical or biological properties of air, water, and land, which can be harmful to the health, survival, or activity of people or other living organisms. There are four main types of pollution -- land waste, water pollution (which can be water from inland lakes), air pollution and noise pollution. What is land pollution There are many substances that can pollute the land. The main pollutants are classified into two categories: degradable and non-degradable. Degradable pollutants such as DDT and radioactive substances. DDT decomposition is slow but can eventually be completely destroyed or reduced to a harmless level. For example, the DDT in the soil is decomposed to 25% of the original application level, which usually takes four years. Some radioactive substances that can emit harmful radiation, such as iodine-131, decay into harmless pollutants. Other degradable pollutants, such as plutonium-239 from nuclear power plants, can be maintained at their hazardous levels for tens of millions of years. Non-degradable pollutants cannot be decomposed by natural processes, such as mercury, lead and their compounds, and some plastics are non-degradable pollutants. These substances must be fundamentally prevented from entering the air, water and soil, or they must be completely removed from the environment, so that their content is below harmful levels. What is water pollution Water pollution comes in many forms. It is polluted by the following pollutants: municipal sewage and industrial wastewater; The loss of fertilizers and manure from farms and feedlots; Bubbly streams; Soil deposits washed down by rainstorms, farming, construction and mining; Radioactive waste from the plant; Hot water for power plants and factories; Pl