For millions of years, nature has provided man with an abundance of clean water, air and land. The way of life was simple, and there were no pollutants of any kind to endanger the environment and human lives.
With increased needs and a more sophisticated way of life, our environment underwent various changes. A wide range of economic activities were carried out to satisfy man's increasing wants. Forests were cleared to make way for farms and settlements, minerals and fossil fuels were extracted from the ground for our industries and motor vehicles and air planes were invented to ferry a continues flow of people and goods to various destinations. These have greatly upset the balance in our living environment.
Over the years, this accelerated rate of human and economic activities has greatly disturbed the water cycle, the food chain, the natural habitat, and the composition of our air, water and land. Our air has become foul, our water poisoned and our land degraded. Pollution is now considered a major environmental problem throughout the world. Pollution of any kind cannot be treated lightly; it can disrupt our lives, impair our health, and ruin plant and animal species and damage property. Through individual and national effort and international co-operation every effort must be made to minimize pollution of any kind.
With increased needs and a more sophisticated way of life, our environment underwent various changes. A wide range of economic activities were carried out to satisfy man's increasing wants. Forests were cleared to make way for farms and settlements, minerals and fossil fuels were extracted from the ground for our industries and motor vehicles and air planes were invented to ferry a continues flow of people and goods to various destinations. These have greatly upset the balance in our living environment.
Over the years, this accelerated rate of human and economic activities has greatly disturbed the water cycle, the food chain, the natural habitat, and the composition of our air, water and land. Our air has become foul, our water poisoned and our land degraded. Pollution is now considered a major environmental problem throughout the world. Pollution of any kind cannot be treated lightly; it can disrupt our lives, impair our health, and ruin plant and animal species and damage property. Through individual and national effort and international co-operation every effort must be made to minimize pollution of any kind.
