Fact sheets

Air Pollution Factsheet
Air pollution consists of substances present in the atmosphere in high enough levels to harm humans, other animals, plants, or materials. Air pollution can result from human activities such as driving cars. It can also come from natural sources, such as smoke from forest fires caused by lightning or from volcano eruptions.

Water Pollution Factsheet
Water is polluted when it contains materials that make it unsuitable for a given use .
The story so far Fresh water is fundamental to the survival of humans and most other land-based life forms.

Municipal Solid Waste Factsheet
Municipal solid waste (MSW) is useless or unwanted material discarded as a result of human or animal activity. Most commonly it is solids, semisolids or liquids in containers thrown out of houses, commercial or industrial premises.

Hospital Waste Factsheet
Hospital waste management means the management of waste produced by hospitals using such techniques that will help to check the spread of diseases through it.

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Factsheet
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) interfere with the way that the endocrine system works. An endocrine system is found in nearly all animals, including mammals, fish, reptiles, birds and insects. Hormones made by the endocrine glands guide the development, growth, reproduction, and behaviour of humans and animals. Examples of endocrine glands are the pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands, the female ovaries and male testis.

Persistent Organic Polltants Factsheet
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are carbon-based chemical compounds and mixtures that include industrial chemicals, pesticides like DDT, and unwanted by-products like Dioxins. Most POPs are products and by-products of human industry and are of relatively recent origin.