Question

What are the main sources of soil pollution?

Answer 1

Soil pollution:

1. It is the contamination of soil with toxic chemicals, which is in high concentrations and can cause a risk to human health or the ecosystem.

Sources of soil pollution:

1. Agricultural practices such as excessive use of pesticides and insecticides.
2. Industrial chemical discharges from mining and manufacturing of goods.
3. Contamination with polluted water caused due to acid rain.
4. Presence of heavy metals in high concentrations in the soil

Thus, these are the main sources of soil pollution.