AIR POLLUTION AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Interaction of biosphere and the environment has been of primary concern to the society since times immemorial. In primitive society every individuals to survive needed to have definite knowledge of living environment i.e. of the sources of nature and of the plants and animals around him. Civilization in fact began when men learned to use fire and other tools to modify his environment and the condi-tions of living. It is even more necessary than ever for mankind as a whole to have an intelligent knowledge of the environment if our complex civilization is to survives since the basic laws of nature have'not been repeated, only their complexion and quantitative relations have changed, as the worldts human population has increased and as man's power to alter the environment has expanded. The Stockholm Conference on Human Environment focussed the worldts attention on the fast deterioration of environment mainly due to industrialization. It has been claimed that five major trends of global concern are - rapid population growth (especially indeveloping countries), increasing industrial-izationp depletion of non-renewable resources, environmental pollution, and quality of life.