BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
Pollutants, such as oil and pesticides, which are damaging to soil and water supplies are called ____
|
|
incineration
|
|
|
hazardous wastes
|
|
|
solid wastes
|
|
|
litter
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The primary pollutants of concern in land and soil are heavy metals, such as lead, mercury and others, pesticides and other persistent organic pollutants, and pharmaceuticals, such as antibiotics used for livestock management.
Detailed explanation-2: -Waste is considered toxic if it is poisonous, radioactive, explosive, carcinogenic (causing cancer), mutagenic (causing damage to chromosomes), teratogenic (causing birth defects), or bioaccumulative (that is, increasing in concentration at the higher ends of food chains).
There is 1 question to complete.