EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Carcinoma, Amnesia, Chisso
18 Feb 2013
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Environmental health: the human health, disease and injuries that are determined or influenced by factors in the environment. This includes the study of both the direct and the indirect pathological effects of various: chemical, biological, physical, social agents (housing, urban development, land use, transportation) Environment is everything that affects a living organism: air, water, soil, biota, manmade environment. Human alteration to environment: atmosphere: co2 increased 30% since the beginning of the industrial revolution, geosphere: 1/3 to 1/2 of the land surface has been transformed by human action, biosphere: logging, overpopulation and overconsumption. The declining health of other organisms is the clearest indicator of environmental threats to human health. Increase uv: traces of toxic chemicals, predators. Environmental factors responsible for 25 % of all preventable diseases. In a developing countries diarrhea and respiratory infections are heading the list. Protecting the environment has been a mainstay of public health practices since 1878.
