Pollution Chemicals or other harmful items that end up in the air or in the water and that make the environment unhealthy. Trash can become pollution Flagler Beach, October 9, 2004 Cars and other vehicles can cause air pollution Smog is a type of air pollution Oil spills cause pollutionk/files/images/oceans/poll ution/prestige_oil_spill_vic tim.jpg Light can be considered pollution Sound (loud noise) can be pollution Sewage can cause pollutioned_000.jpg Pollution can be invisiblewe cannot see fertilizer and pesticides Hot water can be pollution Polluted or Healthy? Sometimes it is easy to tellsometimes it is harder How does pollution get into the water? Heavy rain washes things from the land into places like lakes, rivers and oceans. We call this stormwater.relations/archive/newsroom/multimedia/images/2008_images/july/water002.JPG How can we keep our water and air healthy? Recycle Throw trash away properly Ride a bicycle instead of driving a car Use solar energy instead of energy from power plants