THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT
"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment"
- Margaret Mead -
Air pollution and haze can occur due to the release of air pollutants such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and so on from agricultural industry plants. In addition, the release of suspended particles (PM 10) in the atmosphere such as smoke, dust, and dust can cause the occurrence of haze. The release of smoke containing these pollutants can cause acid rain where the process of condensation of water vapor with pollutants in the air causes acid rain.
2. Water Pollution Occurs
Water pollution occurs due to the release of toxic waste or sludge by factories into surface water sources such as rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, and the sea. This pollution of toxic waste and sewage waste causes the quality of clean water to be affected and causes the rate of BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) in the water to increase. The river will become murky, discolored, foul-smelling, and toxic. In addition, e-coli bacteria increase due to sewage sludge, suspended solid waste and so on which eventually cause aquatic life such as fish, shrimp, crabs, and aquatic weeds to be endangered and in turn to die.
3. There Is A Local Warming Event
The presence of air pollutants in the atmosphere released by smoke from agricultural industry factories will trap the earth's heat. The earth’s temperature index will increase due to the increase in the high concentration of carbon in the atmosphere released by agricultural factories. This gas allows the sun's heat to penetrate it but prevents the re-release of the earth's heat into the atmosphere. This causes heat to be trapped in the earth and local warming to take place. The heat released by generators and machines from the factory also causes local heating. Therefore, the effects of local warming or microclimate warming will occur in the industrial area.
4. Noise And Odor Pollution Occurs
This pollution occurs due to noise coming from a factory generator that operates emitting vibrations between 60 to 70 dBA. These factory generators and machines often emit very noisy noises due to the combination of noise from various sources to carry out the process of agricultural materials. Odor pollution comes from the products or waste of foul-smelling factories such as rubber processing factories, pineapple processing factories, and oil palm processing factories that dump sewage waste products into the river water. This foul smell will disturb the comfort of the surrounding residents.
5. Soil Contamination Occurs
This pollution is caused by the illegal disposal of hazardous factory waste by factories causing the soil to become acidic. Industries that illegally dump factory waste in remote areas will cause soil pollution. The quality of groundwater resources is also affected through the leaching process of factory waste when heavy rains occur. This will endanger the plants, animals, and humans that use the land area.
In pollution occurs as a result of the disposal of solid waste and garbage from industrial plants. This will lead to the dumping of garbage in the area around the factory. For example, the disposal of factory waste not in a designated waste disposal area will cause environmental pollution. This waste disposal can also be a place for the spread of dangerous diseases such as dengue and cholera. This is said so because the garbage that causes stagnant water becomes a breeding ground for Aedes mosquitoes. Dengue fever is spread through the bite of Aedes mosquitoes.
7. The Occurrence Of Acid Rain Phenomenon
The phenomenon of acid rain occurs when pollutant gases released by smoke from industrial plants such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide can act as a condensation nucleus. Then, these pollutant gases will combine with water vapor in the air and will fall as acid rain. Acid rain causes plants and animals as a source of food and protein supply to humans to die and be destroyed.
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