The Environment and Our Health

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Introduction

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Good day to you, I welcome you to my page.

Here I'm going to be discussing about the topic The Environment and Our Health.

I talk about the environment and how it affects my health.

As you go through the write-up, I hope it will be worth your while.

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👩‍⚕️ What do you understand by the Word "Environment"?

In simple terms the word ENVIRONMENT means your surroundings. It includes virtually everything you find in your surroundings.

Such as cars, gates, people, businesses, roads networks, your house, chairs, food, etc.

And when looking at the things in your environment, you also look at their current conditions.

In addition, these things in your environment are always in constant interactions, with or without your knowledge and input.

Also, asides our immediate surroundings, environment can also mean a field of knowledge that people interact with.

For instance, someone in phycology and medicine can describe environment as the people, places, and the physical things that the person lives with everyday.

While to someone in engineering can describe environment as the tools, the area, and the knowledge that engineers need to interact with.

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👩‍⚕️ How do our surroundings impact our well-being?

Our environment can impact on our well-being either positively or negatively.

If you are in an environment where the people there are mostly poor people and their minds are underdeveloped, it will have a great impact in your life.

If you are also in an environment where the roads are not tarred and the buildings are less sophisticated, it will affect you negatively.

Finally, if you find yourself in an environment where the people are undeveloped, in skillsets and mindset, it will affect you negatively 👌

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👩‍⚕️ What are some ways pollution, like air or water pollution, can affect our health?

Pollution is a common theme amongst us as humans. That's because of our various activities and interactions.

Some of the common pollutions are air, noise, and water pollution.

Air Pollution: Air pollution is one where the air has bad smell. When in such places, the air is very unpleasant to breathe in.

At extreme cases air pollution can affect our bodies with diseases such as stroke, trachea, lung cancer, lower respiratory infections etc.

Noise Pollution: Noise pollution is one where there is plenty of unnecessary sound in an environment. In such places we can seem to get ourselves because of the noise.

The most common disease caused by noise pollution is Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). Also noise pollution can cause high blood pressure, sleep disturbances etc.

Water Pollution: Water pollution is a situation where the water has been contaminated and is not safe for drinking.

The most common disease from water pollution is Diarrhea. But there are other diseases caused by water pollution like schistosomiasis.

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👩‍⚕️ What are some simple actions you take every day to promote environmental health?

The simple actions I take everyday to promote environmental health are:

1. I make sure to take my bath and brush my teeth everyday.

2. I make sure to clean my house and environment as at when due and as often as possible.

3. I make sure to throw dirt at the appropriate place to prevent litter of dirt everywhere.

In this little ways of mine, I try to make my environment clean and suitable for all.

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👩‍⚕️How can education and awareness play a role in promoting environmental health?

Education plays an important role in promoting environmental health because it makes people informed of both the benefits and the dangers of keeping your environment healthy.

If people are not educated on the need to keep the environment healthy, it affects their way of thinking and the way they take care of the environment.