Soil pollution (Land degradation ):-

Land pollution & its causes

                           I) Deforestation                     

II) Dumping of solid wastes.

Deforestation :-
                           Increases soil erosion; thus valuable agricultural land is lost. Solid wastes from household and industries also pollute land and enhance land degradation.

 Dumping of solid wastes  :-

                                               Solid wastes include things from household waste and of industrial wastes.They include ash, glass, peelings of fruit and vegetables, paper, clothes, plastics, rubber, leather, brick, sand, metal, waste from cattle shed, night soil and cow dung.

i) Chemicals discharged into air, such as compounds of sulfur and lead, (which are toxic )eventually come to soil and pollute it.

ii) The heaps of solid waste destroy the natural beauty and surroundings become dirty. Pigs, dogs, rats, flies, mosquitoes visit the dumped waste and foul smell comes from the waste.

iii) The waste may block the flow of water in the drain, which then becomes the breeding place for mosquitoes (like house hold waste).

 iv) Mosquitoes are carriers of parasites of malaria and dengue (which is now a very serious issue in most of the developing nations).

v) Consumption of polluted water causes many diseases, such as cholera, diarrhea and dysentery (Many people doesn't have that much of good water to drink & they don't have any other option.) .