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This book is a pioneering effort to meet the challenging requirements of understanding environmental pollution. The book has been written especially to fill the need for a one-volume general discussion of the major types of environmental pollution-air, water, noise, solid waste, thermal, marine, and radiation pollution and their adverse effects on man and on the environment. Historical and current statistics have been included mainly from Indian, Japanese, Canadian and American experiences in order to show the progress that has been made in the past in overcoming some types of pollution and. Yet- to demonstrate the magnitude of existing problems. This book will Prove useful to students as part of their general education or as an early step towards an environmental career, to teachers as an aid in developing formal environment curricula or in incorporating discussions of environmental problems in existing courses and to educated laymen, as scientific introduction to pollutions and its control- This Look will prove as useful guide for public health authorities and industrial organizations. Our main aim in writing this book has been to show how it is possible to enjoy the benefits of technology without suffering the evils of pollution. This book also includes- legal aspects of environmental pollution.