Environmental Stress
NIOS · Class 10 · Psychology
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1. Environmental Stress and Human-Environment Relationship
- Stress is any physical or emotional state that causes bodily or mental tension.
- Environmental stress is an undesirable transaction between the person and the environment.
- Environment includes the physical world and socio-cultural surroundings.
2. Pollution and Its Major Types
- Pollution is an undesirable change in the physical, chemical or biological characteristics of air, land and water that may harmfully affect life.
- Pollutants are substances foreign to the medium in which they are present.
- The major environmental stressors listed are air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, crowding, and greenhouse effect.
3. Air Pollution
- Air pollution is an imbalance in the quality of air causing adverse effects on living organisms.
- The Bhopal Gas tragedy was caused by inhalation of methyl isocyanate gas.
- Major air pollutants include CO2, NO2, SO2 and suspended particulates including lead.
4. Water Pollution
- Water pollution is the addition of excess undesirable substances to water making it harmful to human, animal and aquatic life.
- All surface water and much ground water in India is unfit for direct human consumption.
- 10% of all diseases and 20% of communicable diseases in India are water-related.
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