pollution and environmental law: pollution control in the philippines

POLLUTION

Made By: Jill Anne M. Domingo

Pollution• Any alteration of the physical,

chemical and biological properties of water, air, and/or land resources.• When harmful substances

contaminate the environment, it is called pollution.• Refers to the very bad condition of

environment in terms of quantity and quality.

A Broader View of Pollution

Types of Pollution• Air Pollution• Water Pollution• Noise Pollution• Soil Pollution

AIR POLLUTION

Air Pollution• Any alteration of the physical, chemical

and biological properties of the atmospheric air.

Causes of Air Pollution• Industries.• Automobiles and Domestic fuels.• High Proportion of undesirable gases, such as

sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide.• Dust(e.g. cement dust, foundry dust and

windblown solid dust)• Mist.• Smoke.• Carbon black.• Aerosols.

Effects of Air Pollution• Global warming.• Ozone depletion(Ozone hole).• Acid Rain.• Various respiratory illnesses.

WATER POLLUTION

C1auses of Water Pollution• Sewage and wastewater.• Marine dumping• Industrial waste• Radioactive waste• Oil pollution• Underground storage leakage• Atmospheric deposition• Global warming• Eutrophication

Water Pollution• Any alteration of the physical, chemical,

biological or radiological properties of a body of water resulting in the impairment of its purity or quality.

Effects of Water Pollution• Diseases like Cholera.• Malaria.• Typhoid (spread during the rainy

season).• Aquatic life gets destroy.

NOISE POLLUTION

Noise Pollution• is the excessive sound that causes

hearing loss, stress, fatigue, irritability, tension, headaches, and high blood pressure.

Causes of Noise Pollution• Traffic Noise.• Aircraft Noise.• Noise from construction and civil

engineering works.• Noise from the Industries.• Noise from other sources.

Effects of Noise Pollution• Hearing loss• High blood pressure.• Stress.• Sleep disturbance.• Color blindness.

SOIL POLLUTION

Soil Pollution• is chiefly caused by chemicals in

pesticides, such as poisons that are used to kill agricultural pests like insects and herbicides that are used to get rid of weeds.

• Soil pollution results from: - Unhealthy methods of soil management. - Harmful irrigation methods.

Causes of Soil Pollution•Mining, Erosion and quarrying.•Household Garbage.•Urbanization and Concentration of Population.•Municipal Solid Waste.•Industrial Waste and Hazardous Waste.•Uncontrolled Land Treatment.•Burning open dumps and forest fires.•Deforestation.

Effects of Soil Pollution•The Land Cannot use to build houses.•Man cannot be farming.•Ground water will gets Affected.•Death of the animals that inhabit the land

EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

Effects of The Environmental Problems

Deforestation • Soil erosion • Landslides • Greenhouse effect • Denuded upland • Silting of rivers and dams • Degraded watershed • Flooding • Destruction of corals along the coast

Effects of The Environmental ProblemsFlash Floods

• Causes of diseases such as Cholera and other water borne diseases

• Loss of life • Contamination of drinking water • Destruction of Sewage System • Destruction of dams and destruction

of levees


Soil Erosion • Unproductive use of farmland• Difficulty in raising livestock• Silting of artificial lakes• Loss of soil vegetation which causes

climate changes


Oil Spill• Suffocation of marine animals• Death of trees from oil in roots.


Coral Reef Degradation • Loss of edible reef fish• Reduction of species diversity and

richness• Alteration in the size structure of

target• species


Illegal Mining• Water poisoning of all the living things

in it• Destruction of beautiful coral reefs• Barrenness of land

“Environmental Law: Pollution

Control”

“Environmental Law: Pollution Control”

P.D. 389 (P.D. 705) – The Forestry Reform Code- codifies, updates and raises forestry laws in the country. It emphasizes the sustainable utilization of forest resources. P.D. 704 – Preservation of optimum productivity of fishery resources through conservation and protection. P.D. 1219 – Providing for the protection of coral ecosystems.

P.D. 1067 – Water Code of the Philippines - adopts adequate measures to conserve and regulate the use of water in commercial, industrial and residential areas. It also provides other policy guidelines on water quality and management of water resources. P.D. 463 – Amended the Mining Act of 1936. Requires all mining leaseholders to comply with Pollution Control Laws and regulations an leaseholders to comply with Pollution Control Laws and regulations and provide for penalties for noncompliance.


P.D. 1251 – Imposes fines on tailings and mine wastes and the fund generated is used to pay for the damages to land, agricultural crops, forests products, aquatic resources and infrastructures caused by pollution for mining operations. P.D. 984 – The Pollution Control Law P.D. 825 – Prohibits the improper disposal of garbage


P.D. 856 – Sanitation Code - places the responsibility on the local government units for he solid waste management in their area of production. R.A. 8749 – Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999- provides for a comprehensive air pollution control policy


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