Answer:
Effects
of soil pollution:
(i) Chemicals, pesticides, metals, industrial wastes, animal refuse and
other pollutants are extremely toxic to living beings and plant products, and cause
severe chronic diseases posing a serious threat to human health.
(ii) Solid wastes result in offensive odour and cause
clogging of groundwater filters.
(iii) Polluted soil damages crops and agricultural
production due to decreased soil fertility.
(iv) When food containing radioactive substances is
consumed by human beings, they cause a number of undesirable diseases of the
digestive track, thyroid gland, etc.
(v) Pesticides not only pose a potential hazard to man,
animal, fish and livestock, but they severely affect the desired yield of
crops, fruits and vegetables, which become unfit for eating.
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