What is Environmental Pollution?

Environmental Pollution
Types of risk sources and units of risk characterization. Identification of Major Risk Sources for Surface Water Pollution by Risk Indexes (RI) in the Multi-Provincial Boundary Region of the Taihu Basin, China. Yao H, Li W, Qian X - International journal of environmental research and public health (2015). Not Altered. CC.

Environmental pollution is the presence in the environment of an agent which is potentially damaging to either the environment or human health.

Examples of environmental pollution include: 

  • Air pollution
  • Lead
  • Mercury
  • Arsenic
  • Cadmium