Life expectancy at birth, female (years) ( 1 ) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, ( 2 ) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, ( 3 ) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, ( 4 ) United Nations Statistical Division.
Effect on human health: The land when contaminated with toxic chemicals and pesticides lead to problem of skin cancer and human respiratory system. The toxic chemicals can reach our body through foods and vegetables that we eat as they are grown in polluted soil.
Another effect of the use of chemical fertilizers also reduce and suppress populations of soil microorganisms that are beneficial to the soil that are beneficial to plants. â¢ Not all fertilizers can be absorbed by plants (Anonymous, 2010). Soil pollution also can have an impact on ecosystems.