THE EFFECT OF POLLUTION TO MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT: A SURVEY OF IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE ABSTRACT This work was to determine the causes of pollution and its effect of man and his environment. a survey of Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State. a random sample of 3 communities was carried out for the study. In the course of conducting the research in those 3 communities, data was collected and analysis was collected and analysis was done, the report shows that the rate of pollution in the locality was very high. Due to location of industries in the area, which goes with dumping of industries waste, lack of environmental sanitation was also one of the problems discovered there. However, some recommendations were made based on the findings. Health education should be given to them to enable them live health wise bush at home, and in the community. The government should provide wastes in to each of the communities and always declare general sanitation ones in every month to keep the environment clean. TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE Introduction Background to the study Statement of problem Objective of the study Significance of the study Research questions Scope of the study Limitation of the study Definition of terms CHAPTER TWO Literature review CHAPTER THREE Research methodology Research design Population Sample and sampling procedure Research instrument Administration of the instrument Validity and reliability of the instrument Method of data analysis CHAPTER FOUR Result and analysis CHAPTER FIVE Summary Conclusion Recommendations BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACK GROUND OF STUDY Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (2010) depend environment as the such total of all surroundings of a living organism including natural forces and other living things which proceed conditions for development and growth as well as of danger and damage. The environment therefore is liberty the entity on which we all subsist and on which over endive agricultural and industrial development depend we occupy the biosphere a tin layer of land, air and water on the surface of the plant the environment contains all the resources, both renewable and non-renewable that men will never need for survival on the plant. Pollution is the introduction of contaminations into a natural environment that causes instability disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e physical systems or living organisms (from the Merriam Webster online dictionary http. // www Merriam Webster com/dictionary/pollution). Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy such as noise or light, pollutions, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants pollution D often classed as point source or nonparty source. 1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLE Effect of pollution to man in his environment a case study of Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State is about the diverse ways pollution his affected the people living in that location in Edo State due to urbanization, construction of industries lack of health education to enable them know the way to keep their environment clean. However, suggestions on possible ways of scaling the problems to enable the inhabitants of the area live in a healthy atmosphere were highlighted. 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The objective of the study includes the following: 1 To examine the effects of pollution to man and his environment 2 To identify the various sources of pollution 3 To suggest solutions to pollution problem in the area of study 4 To define the term pollution 1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY This study will create awareness on what pollution is all about it’s effect to man and his environment it will suggest possible ways on how to educate people on the control of pollution that bring ablaut pollution in the environment the study will also enlighten the populace on the dangers of pollution and also server as a reference to other researchers and the government 1.5 RESEARCH QUESTION The following research questions were formulated for the study 1 Does the present of industries is residential area encourage pollution 2 Does traffic confection increase release of pollutions? 3 Does health education about the defers of pollution help to reduce pollution and its effect on men? 4 Does indiscriminate burning of bushes and refuse disposal cause pollution 5 Does urbanization cause increase in pollution? 1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY The scope of the study is Benin City and the proposed areas for the research are communities in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State respondents will include residents at Oregbeni community Aduwawa community and Engaen community 1.8 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS: Aesthetic: this is concerned with beauty and art, and the under standing of beautiful things Aquatic: giving or living in on or near vector aquatic plats. Biodegradation: an act of substance of chemical to changed back to a harmless natural state by the action of bacteria and will therefore not damage the environment Bacteria: is the simplest and smallest forms of plant life they exist in larges numbers in air, victor and soil and also in living and dead creature and plants and are often the cause of disease Community: all the people who live in a particular area Contaminates: substance that make the air impure or vector impure Dissolve: of a solid to Mize with a liquid and become part of it Environment: the is the natural world in which people animals and plants live Clarions: a Lange mass of ice, formed by snow on mountains that mores very slowly down a valley Metal: a type of solid miners substance that is usually hand and shim and that and electricity on travel through e.g tin, Iron and gold Ozone larger: a layer of Ozone high above the earth’s surface that helps to protect the earth from the sun’s harmful rays Pathogens: this is a thing that causes disease Renewable: to begin again after praise or an interruption Smoker: the is a discharge or f fume from automobile and industries and emission from bush burring Termed pollution: this is a temperature charge in natural water bodies caused by human influence, such as use of victor as coolant in a power plat Ventilation: a allow fresh air to enter and move around a room building e.t.c
THE EFFECT OF POLLUTION TO MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT: A SURVEY OF IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE
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