Evs environment and human health

Environmental studies

1. ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH Sijo.A

2. ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH Environment and human health are intricately related. A good environment is an indication of healthy human beings and a developed nation. Now polluted atmosphere has become a serious threat to the very existence of human species. Pollution growth and intensification of man’s activities on various fronts like agricultural development, urbanisation and industrialisation all over the world have created a hazardous environment.

3. The environment is under constant interference by human bound activities. The effect of environment on human health are generally accounted in the following terms- The extent to which environmental conditions lead to shortening of life. The extent to which environment induced disability or impairment is found, and The extent to which the biological potential of an individual is reduced .

4. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS The various environmental factors which affect human health are- Overpopulation Pollution Urbanisation Degradation of natural resources

5. Over population Population explosion is the most important cause of all environmental problems. It leads to poverty, over exploitation of resources and environmental degradation.

6. pollution Any change in the environment which directly or indirectly affects the welfare of the human beings is called pollution. But air pollution, water pollution and solid waste pollution are of prime concern. Other kinds of pollution like nuclear hazards also cause problems related to the health.

7. Air pollution Various pollutants present in the air directly affect the different systems of the body These enter the human body by inhalation or absorption through skin or eyes.

8. Water pollution About 70% of the water bodies in the india are polluted. Majority of indian rivers are dangerously polluted. The common pollutants are the industrial effluents, municipal wastes, agro-chemicals, oil spills etc. About 60% water borne diseases are reported in india. It includes typhoid, cholera, bacillary and amoebic dysentery, diarrhoea and jaundice.

9. Solid wastes Discharge of industrial sludges or dumping of industrial and municipal wastes is the prime cause of land pollution. Such wastes includes garbage, rubbish, hospital refuse, dead animals, agricultural wastes etc.

10. Solid wastes Chemicals like pesticides, weedicides , insecticides, fungicides etc. used in agriculture, food preservation, community health services etc. Most of the pesticides are mutagenic and carcinogenic. Mutagens can cause chromosomal abberations and various kinds of hereditary abnormalities.

11. DDT can causes hepatocarcinoma , leukemia, aplastic anemia etc.

12. malathion It causes schizophrenia and depression

13. Dieldrin Dieldrin causes insomnia

14. Marathion It causes muscular weakness and delayed paralysis.

15. malathion It damages liver and kidney etc.

16. Hospital refuses are the source of various infectious diseases and these act as ideal home for disease carriers or vectors like flies, insects, bugs, rodents etc. Heavy metals contaminated industrial effluents cause toxicities and various health problems such as fluorosis , minamata disease etc.

17. urbanisation Increase in urbanisation adversely affects the ecological balance. It not only causes deforestation but also increases uncontrolled discharge of municipal wastes. Most indian cities have about 40% population which leads to deteriorating life quality and poor health services and flourishing of communicable diseases. These area lack basic amenities and are disease prone. As such the down troden areas of the cities are the prime source of infectious diseases.

18. Degradation of natural resources Loss of natural resources adversly affects the quality of human life, e.g. deforestation results in biodiversity loss because biodiversity is essential for maintaining the basic life supporting process. A number of medicines procured from various life forms are essential for human health.

19. The conclusion As such clean and green environment is the life of life. A time to take corrective steps is still there, if taken care of. Now a new concept of development is needed that emphasises the relation between human beings and nature. A sustainable development is the only solution to save human life and health.

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