Environmental pollution, development of a problem and overcrowded cities

Abstract

The objective was to present the main topics on environmental pollution. Electronic pollution (bad disposal of electronic products generating risks for the health of people who work on waste recycling), pollution of soil, where it spells out two major factors, illegal dumps (where various types of waste are exempt, including hospital ) and the use of pesticides, air pollution which explains some pollution means and what the consequences for humans, pollution of water bodies that points out the problems of untreated sewage, manure among others, also giving due importance to other secondary sources and not as in vogue as the types mentioned above. Still it considered the importance of biomarkers for research, which are of paramount importance to identify the environmental quality of these means.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/sustinere.2015.17325