Soil Pollution: Causes, Effect and Remediation
Sunil B. H.*
ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, Maharashtra (440 033), India
Lal Chand Malav
ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, RC, Udaipur, Rajasthan (313 001), India
Brijesh Yadav
ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, RC, Udaipur, Rajasthan (313 001), India
Immanuel C. Haokip
ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (462 038), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Fertilizers, Irrigation, Pesticides, Water
Abstract
The soil pollution has occupied the attention of a large number of researchers because of its continuity and effect on humans, animals and plants alike. Soil pollution occurs as a result of the entry of elements that change the composition and organism of the soil, and reduce its fertility, making it more vulnerable to drought, and unsuitable for agriculture. The most important soil pollutants before radioactive uranium pollution, pollution by industrial and household waste, volcanic eruptions, forest fires, and others. Most of the agricultural lands are irrigated by rivers polluted with factory wastewater. Also, the most important sources of pollution represented by pesticides and chemical fertilizers that contain toxic substances and seep into the soil to remain for a long time, and contribute to eliminate soil fertility.
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