Definition
Pollution is the introduction of human-made, physical, and chemical substances into the environment that cause harm to people and other living organisms. Commonly, pollution results from people interacting with the environment, and those human activities pollute the environment, adversely affecting drinking water, soil, and air. Investigation of environmental pollution dumping is a fact-gathering process to determine whether pollution was intentionally dumped with indifference to the law and/or the harm that pollution actually or potentially causes.
Introduction
This entry describes the areas and factors by which investigations determine how environmental pollution became concentrated, known as pollution dumping. Anthropogenicpollution is environmental pollution caused in nature by humans or human influence, and it affects every living organism. Since 1950, 140,000 new pesticides and chemicals have been created by manufacturing companies, some of which are toxic, such as...
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Further Reading
Scope of nanoparticles in environmental toxicant remediation (2019) by Anupam Dhasmana and editors Swati Uniyal, Vivek Kumar, Sanjay Gupta, Kavindra Kumar Kesari, Shafiul Haque, Mohtashim Lohani, and Jaya Pandey. From Environmental Biotechnology: For Sustainable Future. The article studies the need to quicken the sanitization of contaminated sites and reduce best practice methods costs.
Practical Handbook of Estuarine and Marine Pollution by Michael J. Kennish. Recently updated, the handbook addresses all types of environmental pollution dumping. Updated Dec 2017, 1st Edition 1996. Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press imprint
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Ali, R., Rawlins, T. (2019). Investigations: Environmental Pollution Dumping. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_177-1
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