National Pollution Control Day is observed on December 2 every year. It commemorates those who lost their lives in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy on December 2nd and 3rd.

A poisonous gas known as MIC, Methyl Isocyanate, has caused many deaths. In terms of industrial pollution disasters, the Bhopal Gas Tragedy ranks among the worst.

It commemorates those who lost their lives in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy on December 2nd and 3rd. A poisonous gas known as MIC, Methyl Isocyanate, has caused many deaths. In terms of industrial pollution disasters, the Bhopal Gas Tragedy ranks among the worst.

NATIONAL POLLUTION CONTROL DAY 2022: SIGNIFICANCE

In India, around 7 million people die due to air pollution each year, of which 4 million are killed by indoor air pollution. It is estimated that nine out of ten people in the world do not have safe air to breathe. It should be noted that air pollutants are so tiny that they can pass through mucus membranes and other protective barriers to harm the lungs, heart, and brain.

QUOTES TO FIGHT POLLUTION

• “Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.” -Barry Commoner
• “The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.” -Marya Mannes
• “The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.” -Ross Perot
• “Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.” -Jacques Yves Cousteau
• “The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned.” -B. F. Skinner
• “Today we’re dumping 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the environment, and tomorrow we will dump more, and there is no effective worldwide response. Until we start sharply reducing global-warming pollution, I will feel that I have failed.” -Al Gore
• “Environmental pollution is a blight on people’s quality of life and a trouble that weighs on their hearts.” -Li Keqiang

Download Images

Source IT