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Solid waste disposal, commonly known as garbage (food scraps, feces, plastic containers, glass, metals, paper, chemicals and debris), is now a serious ecological problem that scored highly dangerous to the environment and living things who live there.

The most common way to eliminate this waste, almost all of urban origin, is burying them in remote areas, but this focus has been achieved is the development of microorganisms that alter the balance of the environment and creatures that inhabit it. Also, these infectious agents and toxic substances can spread through the air or underground water flows, thus extending the pollution and its adverse effects to other areas.

The same must be said about the practice intensive agriculture and livestock, which is another source of soil pollution due to indiscriminate use of pesticides, insecticides and fertilizers that accumulate over time. No wonder that the harmful substances from entering the plant and animal body through food, nor that, in turn, these products are part of the human diet can cause disease.

Respiratory system diseases, poisoning, tumors and skin problems and intestinal disorders are frequently caused by contact and indirect consumption of soil contaminants, last but not least, we know that those who eat foods derived on or near land with high levels of harmful substances are malnourished due to low quality of the data.

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