Research Article | Open Access
Pollution does it affect overall health:A systematic analysis
S Pragya , Gayatri Devi.R , A.Jothi Priya
Pages: 1924-1932
Abstract
Background & Aim: Environmental issues are a growing concern in today's world. Pollution is the introduction of
harmful materials into the environment which contaminates the natural environment and causes adverse
effects.Visual pollution is a compound effect of clutter, disorder, and excess of graphics and various objects. The
interesting thing is that the visual pollution may not cause any physical damage but causes mental pollution.Visual
pollution causes overcrowding and irregular formations.Visual pollution disturbs the visual areas of people by
creating harmful changes in the natural environment. The main aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude
and awareness about visual pollution among adolescents
Materials and methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among the adolescent population with a sample
size of 102. A self administered structured questionnaire was prepared based on visual pollution and it consisted of
15 questions. It was circulated to participants through an online platform (google forms). The statistics were done
using SPSS software, a chi-square test was used to check the association and P value of 0.05 was said to be
statistically significant. Simple random sampling method was the sampling method used to minimise the sampling
bias. . Children and adults were excluded from the survey.
Results: A majority 75% participants were aware about visual pollution. This study reveals that females were more
aware about visual pollution than males. Majority of females think visual pollution causes eye fatigue over males.
80% of participants agreed that longer usage of gadgets can cause visual pollution.
Conclusion: Effects of exposure to visual pollution include distraction, decrease in opinion diversity, and loss of
identity. Therefore to make human life healthy, positive and peaceful it is very important to control visual pollution
Keywords
Visual pollution, aesthetic issue, billboards, antennas, Innovative technology