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Countries with a higher environmental awareness often pollute more due to their consumption.

The rapid industrial, economic, and technological growth since the 1950s have since degraded our environment.

Sustainable development balances economic growth, environmental protection, and human well-being. Environmental quality directly affects public health through air, water, and food safety.

Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and respiratory illnesses that are influenced by lifestyle and environmental factors.

The day when we use up more resources than Earth can regenerate in a year.

Food: Pesticides and heavy metals in food can cause health issues.

Vector-borne diseases: Climate change influences the spread of diseases like malaria and dengue.

Mental disorders: Air and noise pollution contribute to stress, anxiety, and depression.

Migrations: Environmental degradation and climate change can force populations to relocate, impacting health and resources.

General health focuses on human well-being, while environmental health studies how environmental factors (air, water, soil, chemicals) affect human health.

Air pollution can cause respiratory diseases, contaminated water leads to gastrointestinal issues, and exposure to toxic chemicals affects organ functions and development.

Pollution, climate change, unsafe water, and harmful chemicals.

Clues in our bodies (like blood tests) that show exposure to pollution or disease risk.

Workers in industries face chemical, radiation, or noise exposure, while everyday exposure includes air pollution, household chemicals, and processed foods.

Air pollution (especially from coal plants), poor waste management, water pollution, and industrial contamination.

WHO emphasizes air and water quality, climate change, and chemical safety as key determinants of global health.

Water is essential for life, acting as a solvent, temperature regulator, and transport medium in biological systems.

Composes ~60% of the body, crucial for cellular processes, circulation, and waste elimination.

Maintains body temperature, electrolyte balance, and hydration for proper organ function.

A finite and essential resource for drinking, agriculture, and industry, threatened by overuse and pollution.

Includes microbial, chemical (pesticides, heavy metals), and physical (plastic waste) pollutants affecting health.

Long-term exposure to arsenic in drinking water causes cancer, skin lesions, and cardiovascular diseases.

Inorganic chemicals include heavy metals (lead, mercury), while organic contaminants include pesticides and pharmaceuticals, both harmful to health.

Tests check temperature, pH, bacteria, and toxins to see if the water is safe.

Dirty water spreads cholera, diarrhea, and poisoning from heavy metals.

Mostly nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%), with tiny amounts of other gases like CO2.

Industry, transport, and agriculture release pollutants causing respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

PM2.5 and PM10 can penetrate the lungs and bloodstream, causing respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

Outdoor sources include traffic and industrial emissions, while indoor sources include household chemicals, mold, and poor ventilation.

Acute exposure causes immediate effects (e.g., poisoning), while chronic exposure leads to long-term diseases (e.g., cancer, lung disease).

Summer smog: Trapped by heat, caused by cars and factories.

Winter smog: Comes from burning coal and wood in cold weather.

Millions die yearly from diseases linked to air pollution.

Indoor air pollutants (e.g., mold, VOCs, poor ventilation) cause symptoms like headaches, fatigue, and irritation.

Pollutants can cause oxidative stress, inflammation, and DNA damage, leading to chronic diseases.

Includes food additives, cosmetics, cleaning products, and environmental pollutants.

They are Persistent Organic Pollutants, dangerous chemicals that stay in the environment and enter our food.

New pollutants like drugs, microplastics, and hormone-disrupting chemicals.

A global agreement to eliminate or restrict POPs to protect human health and the environment.

Chemicals that interfere with hormonal systems, potentially causing reproductive and metabolic disorders.

They poison, inflame, or disrupt hormones, leading to disease, through toxicity mechanisms like oxidative stress, hormonal disruption, and bioaccumulation

Microplastics and plastic additives can cause hormonal imbalances, metabolic disorders, and cancer risks.

Unwanted sounds that can cause hearing loss, stress, and sleep disturbances.

Chronic exposure increases stress hormones, cardiovascular diseases, and cognitive impairment.