Pollution is defined as a type of pollution that can affect water, land or air, it is produced mainly by the various activities that man performs in economic matters, which usually gives rise to large amounts of waste that at some point they will become an uncontrollable problem, especially when such wastes are very difficult to biodegrade to a point where degradation can take decades. For this reason in recent years, man has been given the task of creating alternatives that are more friendly to the environment in industrial matters, because the speed with which develops pollution is very disturbing.
What characterizes pollution is the way in which it causes serious changes in the environment, due to the introduction into it of an external and highly polluting agent, which can be of different types and have characteristics that can also vary. In general, pollution is the responsibility of human beings and their various industrial activities, which can cause serious damage to the ecosystem. A clear example of pollution can be observed in the oil industry, which is responsible for emitting a large number of toxic gases into the atmosphere, also affecting the adjacent areas of the epicenter of pollution, generating health problems for all living beings. that are there.
The soil is undoubtedly one of the elements that is most affected by pollution, which can be generated by various factors but that in general it is the chemical products that bear the greatest responsibility, an example of which are the pesticides used for the eradication of pests in the various crops, another factor that generates pollution in the soil are the large garbage dumps, since over time the mixture of a large number of elements that come into contact with the soil, will end up generating some type of damage. On the other hand, the water is affected to a great extent due to the various drains that are used to transfer the waste from the industry, which end up in rivers, lakes and seas, affecting both flora and fauna and consequently human beings, since this water cannot be consumed or the animals that inhabit it.
