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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.
Environmental pollution has existed for centuries but only started to be significant following the industrial revolution in the 19 th century. Pollution occurs when the natural environment cannot destroy an element without creating harm or damage to itself.