Pollution of the Nile river

Herodotus once said "Egypt is the gift of the Nile" for his
admiration

River Nile pollution due to more than one reason and most prominent of these causes
of waste disposal, agricultural and industrial sewage Nile.

the most dangerous types of waste flowing into the River Nile, industrial waste, which is
usually out of the factory loaded with lead and heavy metals that kill human health and
stricken with many diseases, pointing out that the stages of the purification of the Nile
water and add chlorine to purify water of bacteria only but does not purify water from
heavy metals and industrial wastes of harmful metals. the industrial pollutants
discharged sewage water up to 270 tons per day, it is equivalent to pollution resulting
from the 6 million people, and appreciates the solid waste that is discharged Nile about
14 million tons, while the hospital waste is about 120 thousand tons per year of which 25
thousand tons of acutely hazardous materials.

wastewater River Nile

Sanitation every year about 5 billion cubic meters is being processed 2 billion m 3 of
them only while there are 3 billion m 3 are disbursed the River Nile. The consequences
of these massive amounts of pollutants that are drained the Nile .
Dr. Ahmad Najm, economic adviser of the Cabinet of Egypt that there are about 17
thousand children a year die Balenzlat intestinal due to water pollution, and the study
showed further that there is an increase by a remarkable failure patients kidney of the
Egyptians because of the degree of contamination of water with the incidence of the
disease around the world four times as much, pointing out that there are 13 thousand
cases of kidney failure and 60 thousand new cases bladder cancer as a result of
pollution

The study showed further that the pollution of the Nile led to a significant loss to

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agricultural production and 50% of lost agricultural production caused
by the main due to water pollution.

Discharging of the sewage in the nile

Air Pollution
Air pollution results mainly from the incomplete combustion of several fuels,
such as coal, petrol and wood. The chief sources of pollution from
combustion are furnaces in factories, engines in vehicles and burning of trash.
Thus, pollutant gases are mainly introduced into the air due to human
activities.Basically, the industrialization of society, the introduction of
motorized vehicles, and the explosion of the population are factors
contributing toward the growing air pollution problem. Some main
components of air pollutionThe primary air pollutants found in most urban
areas are carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, hydrocarbons,
lead, and particulate matter (both solid and liquid). These pollutants are
dispersed throughout the world's atmosphere in concentrations high enough to
gradually cause serious health problems. Sulphur dioxide is the major
pollutant due to human activities.