Pollution can be defined as any undesirable change in the composition of air, water and soil or any segment of environment against nature. Pollution results in the deterioration of nature and the quality of environment. The environmental imbalance gives rise to various environmental problems. One of the newest technique introduced to account for the environmental burdens created by a product or a service throughout its whole life cycle. This book explains all from the sources of pollution till the latest techniques to counter pollution.

Partha Das Sharma is Graduate in Mining Engineering from IIT,India(1979) & was associated with number of mining and explosives organizations before joining the present organization,Solar Group of Explosives Industries at Nagpur (India),few years ago.He has presented number of technical papers in many of the seminars and journals on varied topics.