ENVI

HEALTH ISSUES

1. Public Health Issues

●Air Pollution

●Increasing Allergens

●Change in Vector Ecology

●Water Quality Impacts

●Water and Food Supply Impacts

●Environmental Degradation

●Extreme Heat

●Severe Weather

2. Acid Rain

3.Ozone Layer Depletion

4.Deforestation

5.Ocean Acidification

6.Loss of Biodiversity

7.Waste Disposal

8.Overpopulation

9.Global Warming

●Man-Made Causes

- Deforestation

- Use of Vehicle

- Chloroflourocarbon

- Industrial Development

- Agriculture

- Overpopulation

●Natural Causes

- Volcanoes

- Water Vapor

- Melting of Permafrost

- Forest Blazes

●Effects of Global Warming

- Rise in Temperature

- Threats to the Ecosystem

- Climate Change

- Spread of Diseases

- High Mortality Rate

- Loss of Natural Habitat

10. Pollution

●Air

●Water

●Land

●Noise

●Thermal

●Radiation

( mediums: air, water, soil)

(sources: antropic pollution (man), natural pollution)

(location: mobile or stationary sources)

(transformation: primary pollutants (directly), secondary pollutants)

UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention and Climate Change

CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity

RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility

NGO's - Non-gonvernmental Organizations

LAWS

●RA 8749 - Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

●RA 9275 - Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

●RA 9003 - Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

●RA 6969 - Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste Control Act of 1990

●PD 1586 - Environmental Impact Assessment System

AGENCIES

DENR - Department of Environment and Natural Resources

EMB - Environmental Management Bureau

FMB - Forestry Management Bureau

BMB - Biodiversity Management Bureau

MGB - Mines and Geosciences Bureau

LLDA - Laguna Lake Development Authority

CCC - Climate Change Coalition

NWRB - National Water Resources Board

H - 1.0078

C - 12.0010

O - 15.9997

Ca - 40.0780

P - 30.9738

Mg - 24.3050

Cl - 35.4530

N - 14.0068