ENVS 4040 Lecture Notes - Exponential Growth, Venomous Snake, Kyoto Protocol

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What are some of the factors in the environment that influence our health: there are direct and indirect factors : chemical (e. g. organic and inorganic) Physical social factors (e. g. housing, urban development, land use and transportation) It is everything that affects a living organism (e. g. wolf, bird, plants) Compartments of environment that affect human health are: air, water, soil, manmade developments. Humans have changed and disturbed the environment in various ways. Human population and consumption of resources resulted in the alteration of earth substantially and growing. Some suggest 80% of the earth"s surface has been altered by human forces. Two reasons indicate the exponential growth of the human species and consumption of resources to improve our lives (e. g. luxurious purchases) Protecting the environment has been a mainstay of public health practices since 1878. Protecting the environment may be the best way to protect public health and reduce environmental diseases.

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