NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE

HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Pollution causes illnesses, which pair is correct?
A
it can cause disease directly or indirectly
B
it can only cause illness indirectly
C
it always directly cause lung cancer
D
cholera was not caused by polluted water
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Household air pollution exposure leads to noncommunicable diseases including stroke, ischaemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Human Causes of Air Pollution Human air pollution is caused by things such as factories, power plants, cars, airplanes, chemicals, fumes from spray cans, and methane gas from landfills.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common diseases caused by air pollution include ischemic heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer and acute lower respiratory infections in children.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indirect pollution: When a polluting material finds its way indirectly into the body of water (e.g. nitrogen pollution of ditches by the run-off from fertilised agricultural land).

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