Cancer may spread to the head and neck from other parts of the body and cause oral pain. With some cancers, pain may be felt in parts of the body not near the cancer. This is called referred pain.
Soil erosion. If you define land pollution as irreversible damage to the land, you have to include soil erosion as a type of pollution too. Many people think soil is soil, always there, never changing, ever ready to grow whatever crops we choose to bury in it.
Pollution is the introduction of harmful contaminants into air, water or soil. These contaminants can have dire effects on entire ecosystems, making life more difficult for humans, plants and animals. Children and the elderly are particularly susceptible to the health effects from these toxins.