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World is too big for pollution but too small for a solution

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       World is too big for pollution but too small for a solution (By Taniya Kalgaonkar ) Image By:-Kanishka Sharma Pollution refers to the mixing or the introduction of harmful materials called pollutants in our environment. These pollutants mix in the environment and cause its degradation. It affects land, air, water, soil. Pollution can be of many types such as land, air, water, soil, sound, radioactive, thermal, nuclear, etc. Let’s talk about pollution:- Pollution has been a major problem for a long time. Air pollution has majorly affected the health of people across the globe. Due to air pollution, 5 million deaths occur each year across the whole world, i.e 9% of the deaths. According to the research of Greenpeace and AirVisual Gurugram, a suburb of the Indian capital New Delhi is the most polluted city in the whole world. The air quality index is very low there. Air pollution is caused due to the increase of pollutants in the air. Smog, an increase in the number of greenhouse