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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION NUISANCE, MENACE OR DISASTER?
Author(s) -
Woodruff P. S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb84488.x
Subject(s) - pollution , nuisance , environmental planning , environmental science , water pollution , environmental protection , air pollution , water resource management , environmental engineering , political science , law , ecology , chemistry , environmental chemistry , biology , organic chemistry
From Old Testament times, man has been concerned about pollution of land and, to some extent, of water. His more recent concern about contamination of water and air stem, naturally, from increasing use of fuel and chemicals and from exploitation of water catchment areas. Pollution as a nuisance is manifest to everyone at some time in the modern urban environment. Examples of pollution as a menace to health, to production and to property are outlined. The possibility of pollution reaching disaster proportions is discussed.