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Death Water 

Pollution has indeed caused different effects on human, animals and plants.

What is pollution? Based on Oxford Advanced Leaner’s Dictionary, pollution is the state

of being dirty. There are many types of pollutions. Some of the pollutions are water 

pollution, soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution and oil pollution. One of the

pollution’s types, water pollution, gives dangerous effects to the surrounding. In 2006,

the Department of Environment (DOE) reported that 18 956 water pollution sources

mainly came from sewage treatment plants, manufacturing industries, animal farms and

agro-based industries. Can we imagine the effects of this kind of pollutants on our 

surroundings?

Water pollution may cause waterborne diseases such as giardiasis and

ascariasis. What is giardiasis and ascariasis? Based on free Wikipedia, giardiasis is a

diarrheal infection of the small intestine by an organism known as Giardia Lamblia. It is

estimated that 20-30% worldwide people in developing country infected with this

disease. In the US, it is reported annually that, 20 000 people infected with the same

disease. Ascariasis is infections which happen in the small intestine cause by the

parasitic roundworm known as Ascavis Lumbricoides. The infection of this disease

reported about 1 billion cases in the US. These infections usually happen after we

consume food or drink contaminated with roundworm eggs.

Beside that, leachate may also happen resulting from this pollution. Based on

Impak Journal, leachate is a poisonous dark-liquid produces by the soil pollution which

then causing the water pollution to happen. It gives a strong impact on the environment

and geology. It also causes eutrophication, an artificial nutrient enrichment which later 

leads to algal bloom. This phenomenon will cause the depletion of oxygen in the river.

 At the level of oxygen in the water decrease, death may happen in aquatic life from lack

of oxygen. Some bacteria produced can release dangerous toxins which affect birds

and mammals including human by causing paralysis known as botulism.

Lastly, based on the study by Brunel University, the University of Exeter and

Reading and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, a group of testosterone-blocking

 

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chemical found in UK rivers affect the wildlife and potentially human. These happen

when the chemicals such as pesticides used in agriculture gets into the water. These

testosterone-blocking inhibit the function of the male hormone, testosterone, thus

reducing the male fertility. Industrial chemical may also reduce fish breed capability

which then leads to the changing of sex for the male fish. Dr Susan Jobling from Brunel

University’s Institute for the Environment stated that, there a re possibility of the human

male to be affects by this hormonal problem as the same chemicals contain can affect

the human male fertility by causing testicular dysgenesis syndrome.

In a nutshell, water pollution gives dangerous effects to the surrounding. It may

cause waterborne diseases such as giardiasis and ascariasis. It also may cause the

dangerous phenomenon such as leachate which then lead to other dangerous

phenomenon and may also decline the male fertility. These dangerous effects may

affect our own family and the whole of humanity. So, what we need to do? Try asking

ourselves for the sake of humanity.