Pollution, also called as environmental pollution, the introduction of the substances (solid, liquid, ) or forms of energy (such as heat, sound, radioactivity) into the environment at a rate faster than they can be dispersed, diluted, degraded, recycled or stored in a harmless form. It results in deleterious effects of such a nature as to endanger human health, harm living resources and ecosystems, and impair or interfere with amenities and other legitimate uses of the environment.
The main types of pollution are air pollution, water pollution and soil pollution, which are usually classified by environmental area. Modern society is also affected by certain types of pollutants, such as noise pollution, light pollution, plastic pollution.
