Pollution which is one of the biggest problems facing the world today has many effects on human
life. First of all, pollution is bad for people's health. For example, smog, caused by car's exhaust
fumes and factory emissions, can lead to lung diseases in humans. Also, food and water can be
polluted by poisonous chemicals, and this can cause cancer in the people who consume them.
Another effect of pollution is the destruction of human habitat. Thus, an oil spill can make an area
where people previously lived uninhabitable. Another example is the nuclear disaster in Fukushima,
Japan, which made it impossible for people to live in a large area around the site of the explosion.
Finally, pollution can also have a negative effect on people's psychology. People who live in a clean,
unspoilt landscape like the Swiss Alps will tend to be more positively affected by their environment
than people who live in a polluted, rubbish-strewn city such as London. To sum up, pollution has
many negative effects on the lives of humans.