Pollution is a worldwide problem that affects air, water and soil. Various human activities, mainly since the industrial revolution, have created waste products that have simply been released into the environment without any thought being given to their effects.
The Pros and Cons of Capitalism Even though capitalism is the clear winner when in competition with other types of economies, capitalism has major disadvantages that are often overlooked.
Pros and cons is a noun expression that means the advantages and the disadvantages-- the favourable and the unfavourable, the benefits and the drawbacks. It's a shortening of the Latin phrase pro et contra (for and against) and in use for centuries in the English language.