We all know that pollution is the contamination of our environment with deadly and harmful substancs, the contamination of our land , air and water.
As humans air and water are our basic means of survival, not just to humans but also to animals.
The air we breath and water we drink plays an important role to our health.
The air we breath in , if contaminated can cause serious effects to our health, especially our lungs.
The kind of water we drink if contaminated can cause various sickinesses and even lead to death.
Air and water are two compulsory needs for humans, so they shouldn't be polluted, but kept clean.
Pollution has it health, social, economical and environmental consequences in the Southern region of Nigeria, the Southern part of Nigeria , they are called the Niger Delta.
The Southern part of Nigeria is blessed with natural resources and among those resources is crude oill ,petroleum and gas. This is a major source of revenue for the country at large.
Due to the processes during the oil production petroleum and gas at the refineries , it causes air, land and water pollution.
Due to activities at the refinery and oil spillage or leaks from pipelines, Rivers, streams and lakes are being contaminated, causing water pollution, the pollution makes the water dirty to drink, wash or utilized for any purpose.
Also making the water deadly for aquatic animals, leading to death of fishes and other sea foods.
In states, like Bayelsa, water pollution has been a major problem to the residence due to the production of crude oil, petroleum and gas in this states.
This has also caused hunger among indigenes, because of the death of aquatic foods and damages to their crops, because the oil keeps flowing.
Also the production of this natural resources, also contaminate the air, in Port Harcourt it's called black soot pollution, you inhale black substances that also stays around nostrils,and these can cause respiratory damages to the human body system. This has been an issue for years, rain water in most cases are usually black, especially when you reside close to a industrial site.
The air is so polluted, that dust turns black, due to burning of petrols, the black flame circulates and contaminate the air .
I can remember vividly during the dry season, the dust where all dark, you can't comfortably wear a white dress due to the dirt from dark soot.
Air pollution is one of the worst kind of pollution, because we breath this toxic and harmful air in as oxygen , the effects of air pollution from toxic and harmful chemicals has a lot of consequences to the human health and well being, it came cause lungs cancer, severe skin irritation and respiratory diseases to humans.
The issue of air and water pollution in the southern region of Nigeria can be solved if our government, help in controlling spillage and also process oils far from residential areas.
Pollution is very harmful to humanity, it's a threat to our health and life. Pollution of the air, water and ,
land should be controlled at all cost by us, even as individuals we pollute the environment in some ways we don't recognize as pollution.
So we ought to fight against pollution of the waters, land and air, because by protecting the air and water we take in , we are protecting ouf lives, the lives of animals and plants too.
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