What Causes Soil Pollution?
Soil pollution is a result of many activities and experiments done by mankind and some of the leading soil pollution causes are discussed below. • Industrial wastes, such as harmful gases and chemicals, agricultural pesticides, fertilizers and insecticides are the most important causes of soil pollution. • Ignorance towards soil management and related systems. • Unfavorable and harmful irrigation practices. • Improper septic system and management and maintenance of the same. • Leakages from sanitary sewage. • Acid rains, when fumes released from industries get mixed with rains. • Fuel leakages from automobiles, that get washed away due to rain and seep into the nearby soil. • Unhealthy waste management techniques, which are characterized by release of sewage into the large dumping grounds and nearby streams or rivers. The intensity of all these causes on a local or regional level might appear very small and you may argue that soil is not harmed by above activities if done on a small sc
