Geography
Answer
The effects of untreated solid wastes are:
- Accumulation and fermentation of waste can cause various infectious and chronic diseases.
- Exposure to hazardous wastes can affect human health and lead to chemical poisoning.
- Agricultural and industrial waste cause serious chemical and radioactive hazards to human life.
- Medical wastes can create serious health hazards by spreading diseases.
- Problems of insects, flies and rodents increase.
- Some chemicals present in waste like cyanides, polyclorinated phenyls and mercury are very toxic and can lead to death.