School: British Council, Poland

Threats to the environment in Poland

Introduction

The aim of this report is to describe the greatest dangers for the natural environment in Poland.

Water

One of the biggest sources of water pollution are fertilisers. Most of it with rain water floats from fields into rivers and further on into the Baltic Sea. Fertilisers are causing the overgrow {1} of seaweed, which leads to lack of oxygen in the sea and {***} {2}extinction of a number of water species.

A solution to this problem could be the reduction of field manure and better agricultural education for farmers.

Air

Slask is a region of Poland of{3} the poorest air quality. {***} {4}High concentration of ashes and sulphur dioxide from factories is causing acid rains, which damage soil and all species of plants.

The solution, which is the installation of filters reducing the emission of harmful substances into air, does not solve the problem. This is because of the fact that Slask is placed in one of the most industrialised regions of Europe and of strong winds that occur there and bring pollution from other countries and otherwise{5}.

Conclusion

These are only few of the dangers for the environment in Poland. Many actions to solve this problem has already been taken but this is obvious that they will not have any bigger {6} effect, unless the governments and average citizens cooperate.