Soil Pollution

This invisible affliction appears when the concentration of pollutants on the surface becomes so high that it harms land biodiversity and endangers health

Compacting

Loss of organic carbon

Increased salt content

Erosion

is the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.

Acidification

natural process by which the content of the soil becomes more acidic.

Chemical Pollution

is defined as the presence or increase in our environment of chemical pollutants that are not naturally present there or are found in amounts higher than their natural background values.

Poorer harvests

Soil pollution agents jeopardise world food security by reducing the amount and quality of harvests.

Climate change

In the first decade of the 21st century, soil degradation released between 3.6 and 4.4 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Dmage to gealth

Soil pollutants enter our body through the food chain, causing illnesses to appear. Moreover, the spread of antibiotics in the environment increases the pathogens' resistance to these drugs.

Eat sustainable foodstuffs, properly recycle batteries, produce homemade compost and dispose of drugs in the places authorised for this purpose.

Encourage a more eco-friendly model for industry, farming and stock breeding, among other economic activities.
Improve urban planning

Improve urban planning and transport planning and waste water treatment.

This invisible affliction appears when the concentration of pollutants on the surface becomes so high that it harms land biodiversity and endangers health

Specific pollution

Cities and old factory sites

Widespread pollution

air-ground-water systems