soil get polluted

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how does the soil get polluted



Reply from Dave User Rating:  84 Knowledge Tokens
Soil contamination is caused by the presence of man-made chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. This type of contamination typically arises from the rupture of underground storage tanks, application of pesticides, percolation of contaminated surface water to subsurface strata, oil and fuel dumping, leaching of wastes from landfills or direct discharge of industrial wastes to the soil. The most common chemicals involved are petroleum hydrocarbons, solvents, pesticides, lead and other heavy metals. This occurrence of this phenomenon is correlated with the degree of industrialization and intensity of chemical usage.

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Comment from leakywelly User Rating:  2550 Knowledge Tokens
why not use your own words.the world is getting poluted coz not enough people CARE for our planet.FORGET all the above stuff from our friend the BASIC reason for polution is that awful organism that screws everything up THE HUMAN BEING...


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