Environmental Pollution Pollution is the addition of any such constituent to air, water or land which adversely alters the natural quality of the environment. Dust, storms, rotting of vegetation, volcanic eruptions etc… are the natural phenomena which release dust particles and poisonous gases in the environment.These are the kinds of Environmental Pollution. Air Quality Testing It affects both plants and human life directly and indirectly. Water pollution Effects On Human Health Water pollution causes cholera, typhoid and other diseases to the population which uses this water. The polluted water damages fishes and other aquatic life. It affects the entire biosphere plants and organism living in this damage water.