Pollutions and Solutions

This is a PowerPoint presentation I helped a lot with for a group project in my global health class.

1. How does human degradation of Air
Pollution, Climate Change/Global
Warming and Global Forests impact
human health? How do biodiversity and
ecosystems effect health?

2. Biodiversity

3. Air Pollution
Automobiles
Household
Products
Power Plant
Small
Business
Factories

4. Acid Rain

5. Acid Rain

6. Ozone (O3) Depletion

7. Health Effects of Air Pollution
•Causes shortness of breath and pain when taking a
deep breath.
•Makes it more difficult to breathe deeply and
vigorously.
•Causes coughing and sore or scratchy throat.
•Inflames and damages the lung lining.

8. Health Effects of Air Pollution
•Makes the lungs more susceptible to
infection.
•Aggravates lung diseases such as asthma,
emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.
•Increases the frequency of asthma attacks.
•Continues to damage the lungs even when the
symptoms have disappeared.

9. Climate Change/Global Warming
Green
House
Gasses
Deforestation
Factory
Farming

10. Fossil Fuel

11. Deforestation

12. Factory
Farming

13. Human Activities
Green House Gasses
•CO2
•Solar Radiation
•Reached the highest temperatures recorded since 1850

14. Climate Change Effects on Health
•Asthma, Respiratory Allergies, and Airway
Diseases
•Cancer
•Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
•Foodborne Diseases and Nutrition
•Heat-Related Morbidity and Mortality

15. Climate Change Effects on Health
•Mental Health and Stress-Related Disorders
•Vectorborne and Zoonotic Diseases
•Loss of potential medicines
•Waterborne Diseases
•Weather-Related Morbidity and Mortality

16. Climate Change Effects on Agriculture
•Many vegetable crops are sensitive to
temperature and moisture extremes.
•A loss in pollinators will also affect food
supply.
•Apples, pears, plums.... figs, squash...... lots of
fruits and vegetables are dependant upon
pollinating insects.

17. Climate Change Effects On Water
•A rise in stream temperatures will affect food
sources and water quality.
•In the US droughts will get worse because less
snowmelt and runoff in the mountains of the
West will fill reservoirs for water supply in
hotter months. This also effects availability of
hydropower.

18. Health & Global Forests
•“Forest Health is a relative condition of a forest based on
selected ecological indicators & the collective value
judgments of the stakeholders in that forest.”
•3 considerations:
–Structure
–Composition
–Function
• Forest Health is measured by the
interaction of the forest and its
surrounding elements: the air, water, and
soil.

19. 4 Main Threats to Forests
•Forest fires
•Harvesting wood for fuel
•Acid Rain
•Invasive species (in some cases humans, as in rainforests)

20. More Threats Against Forests
•Many forests are cut for agriculture
•Roads create habitat fragmentation and
erosion.
–Can cause loss of biodiversity
•Plants
•Animals
•Insects

21. Common Uses of Trees Logged
•Wood
•Sawdust & chips for particle board
•Paper
•Furniture

22. Forest Environmental Services That Affect
Humans
•Take up carbon dioxide
•Produce oxygen
–The less trees we have the less clean air we have
to breath!

23. Greenhouse Effect
•Deforestation increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere.
•Heightens the threat of global warming
•The burning of wood or its decay contributes to the release of
more carbon in the air

24. Flooding
•Due to massive deforestation there are no trees to absorb the
water, thus resulting to the loss of many lives.
Landslides
•When trees are uprooted, there will be nothing to hold the
soil together thus increasing the risk for landslides which can
cause seriously threaten the safety of the people and damage
their properties.

25. •Deforestation effects humans because it takes our
sources of medicine and vegetation away from us. This means
that there is less chance of new discoveries in the field of
medicine and there is less food for us humans.
Kava Kava Root!

26. Solutions 

27. Solutions 
•Reducing Air Pollution
–Locally-Indoors-
–Chemicals
–Building maintenance/repair
–Ventilation
•
–Outdoors-
•Transportation options
•Green energy options
•Reduce landfills
•Participate to implement local regulation

28. More Solutions 
•Reducing Air Pollution (cont.)
–Globally
–Establish conservation practices as part of the
growth plan for all nations
–Establishment of wetlands, forest and fisheries
reserves
–Develop renewable energy sources: solar, wind
and hydro-power
–Utilize more bio-fuels over fossil-fuels
–Mandate improvements for all nations

29. Solutions continued…

30. Even More Solutions 
Slowing Climate Change Locally
–Take steps to reduce air pollution as listed above
–Contact your government representatives:
http://www.congress.org/
–Get your hands dirty, search by: area, job, volunteer
opportunities and more http://www.idealist.org/

31. Annnnd… 
Slowing Climate Change Globally
•Put it on the agenda!
•Educate everyone as a way of life (culture), about all
phases of sustainability
•Establish more meteorological stations to monitor
changing conditions
•Replace power coal-fired power plants with clean
energy options
•Utilize carbon markets to stop deforestation
•Incorporate responsible energy policies for all nations

32. How can I make a difference in my every-day life?


33. Yet More Solutions 
Reduce your water consumption

34. 
Reduce your energy consumption

35. Reduce your energy consumption


36. 
Reduce your consumption in general

37. 
Buy used instead of new

38. 
Avoid disposable products

39. 
Recycle everything

40. 
Change your shopping & eating habits

41. 
Upgrade your home

42. 
Upgrade your home

43. 
Upgrade your
yard

44. 
Upgrade your ride

46. What are 2 greenhouse gasses?
What are 3 things you can do at home to improve
air quality?
What is a benefit of composting in relation to
global warming?
What is the most common reason for tree
cutting?
What are 2 problems acid rain causes?
The Questions!

47. Pollutions and Solutions
created by:
Ashlee Jennings
Dana Korzilius
Matthew Johnson
Merlin Barker
Tammy Reynolds
Fall 2010