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Pollute, Pollution, is a noun derived from the transitive verb 'pollute' which means to make foul or unclean, dirty, to make impure or morally unclean. In Halsbury's Law of England (4th Edn. Vol. 38, Para 66) 'pollution' means the direct or indirect discharge by man of substances of energy into the aquatic environment resulting in hazard to human health, harm to living resources and aquatic ecosystems, damage to amenities on interference with other legitimate uses of water, T.N. Godavarman Thirumalpat v. Union of India, (2002) 10 SCC 606. [Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, s. 3]