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Environmental pollution refers to the introduction of harmful pollutants into the environment. The major types of environmental pollution are air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, thermal pollution, soil pollution and light pollution. Deforestation and hazardous gaseous emissions also leads to environmental pollution.
The pollutants released into the atmosphere cause local air pollution (see Table of Common Pollutants). However, they also cause regional air pollution, as with huge plumes of smoke covering a large area, and acid rain.n some cases, air pollutants contribute to climate change, and greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution: 1  Air pollutants such as ground-level ozone and soot (a portion of particulate matter) contribute directly to global warming, which is linked to climate change.