Question

What are the major causes of industrial pollution?

Answer 1

The major causes of industrial pollution are:

(a) Toxic chemicals used by industries in processing and manufacturing.
(b) Consumer products such as paints, sprays, plastics, cement, electronic parts, petroleum cleaning solvents, etc.
(c) Numerous industrial chemicals used in the manufacture of various products such as leather goods, paints, medicines, hospital wastes, etc.
(d) Greenhouse gas emissions such as CO.
(e) Activities such as mining, cutting down forests, construction of huge buildings, dams, highways etc.