Explain the various help hazards of modernisation
Air pollution
Water pollution
Soil pollution
Food pollution
Noise pollution
Drug eddict
Communicable disease
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The first three are known as Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs). SLCPs not only add to global warming, but also cause around 7 million premature deaths yearly because of poor air quality.
The report adds that government policies and interventions aimed at reducing emission of SLCPs can effectively reduce diseases associated with air pollution and the number of deaths due to it.
It can also contribute to national food security to a great extent in various countries, improve dietary habits and physical activity of citizens.
“For the first time, this report recommends actions that countries, health and environment ministries and cities can take right now to reduce emissions, protect health and avoid illnesses and premature deaths, which often take the greatest toll on the most vulnerable,” Flavia Bustreo, assistant director-general of WHO, said.
The SLCPs which are of greatest relevance to health include black carbon, a common component of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5). It is the air pollutant mostly associated with premature deaths and morbidity, as well as ozone which has significant adverse impacts on respiratory health. Methane, another SLCP, contributes to ozone formation. (see box for more details
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the presence in or introduction into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.
Water pollution, the release of substances into subsurface groundwater or into lakes, streams, rivers, estuaries, and oceans to the point where the substances interfere with beneficial use of the water or with the natural functioning of ecosystems.
soil pollution as part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotics (human-made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. It is typically caused by industrial activity, agricultural chemicals or improper disposal of waste.
Food contamination refers to the presence of harmful chemicals and microorganisms in food, which can cause consumer illness. The impact of chemical contaminants on consumer health and well-being is often apparent only after many years of processing and prolonged exposure at low levels.
Noise pollution, also known as environmental noise or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of them harmful to a degree. The source of outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused by machines, transport, and propagation systems.
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Communicable Disease Speaker. An infectious disease that is contagious and that can be transmitted either directly or indirectly from one source to another by an infectious agent or its toxins. Related Term(s): Contagious Disease, Infectious Disease.
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