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प्रश्न
Public all over India is very much concerned about the deteriorating air quality in large parts of North India. Alarmed by this situation the Resident’s Welfare Association of your locality organized an awareness programme entitled “Bury not burn”. They invited you, being a biology student to participate.
- How would you justify your arguments that promote burying and discourage burning? (Give two reasons.)
- With the help of flow charts, one for each practice depicts the chain of events that follow.
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उत्तर
a. Following arguments can be put to promote burying and discourage burning:
- Burning wastes result in the generation of various gases like CO2 and oxides of nitrogen and sulphur. These gases are very harmful to environment and cause various environmental issues like global warming, acid rain, etc.
- The gases released during burning have various health hazards, like nausea, headache, respiratory diseases, etc.
b. Before burying waste, the following set of events must be followed:
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