Land Pollution
Biology: Cambridge International GCSE Supplement, topic 20.3.3
Land Pollution
Below are some examples of how humans are polluting the land around us:
Landfill sites
- Toxic herbicides and pesticides used in farming, buried nuclear waste and household waste in landfill sites are all land pollutants.
Discarded rubbish
- Discarded rubbish can injure animals and cause the land to become contaminated.
Test yourself on Land Pollution
Which of these is not a consequence of discarded rubbish?