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How can the industrial waste create problems for the human beings?

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  • Industrial waste is the waste that is produced during manufacturing from industries, mills, mining, factories etc.
  • Some examples of industrial wastes are chemical solvents, paints, sandpaper, paper products, industrial by-products, metals, and radioactive wastes.
  • Though industrial development in India caused enormous improvement in India’s economy, it also proved disastrous to the environment.
  • Industries caused air pollution due to the smoke released from factories.
  • They also caused water pollution due to the draining of industrial wastes into water bodies causing hectic problems to marine and human life.
  • Industries create high decibel noises paving a way to noise pollution creating anxiety, hypertension especially among old people and patients.


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