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Consider the following pairs: Pollutant Effect on Human Health 1.Dust of Coal Black Lung Disease 2.Textile Dust Byssinosis 3.Silica Dust Silicosis 4.Arsenic Death of RBCs Which of the above-given pair/s is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs: Pollutant Effect on Human Health 1.Dust of Coal Black Lung Disease 2.Textile Dust Byssinosis 3.Silica Dust Silicosis 4.Arsenic Death of RBCs Which of the above-given pair/s is/are correct? Correct Answer All of the above

  • Pollutants : Factors affecting natural functions of the ecosystem and causing harmful effects on abiotic and biotic factors are called pollutants.
  • Pollutants make the environment poisonous and unhealthy. Pollutants may be natural or manmade. Natural pollutants are destroyed in due course of time by nature’s rule; however, manmade pollutants are not. 
  • Contamination of air by harmful substances like poisonous gases, smoke, particulate matter, microbes, etc. is called air pollution.

Different Types of Air Pollutants and impacts on Human Health:

Pollutant

Effect on Human Health

1.Dust of Coal

Black Lung Disease

2.Textile Dust

Byssinosis

3.Silica Dust

Silicosis

4.Arsenic

Death of RBCs
5.Particulate matter Respiratory diseases
6. Oxides of nitrogen Irritation of respiratory tract and lungs

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