What disease guilty of ecology, and what should be paid attention to minimize the damage?
- THE WHO REPORT
- DISEASE OF DIRTY AIR
- DISEASES CONTAMINATED WATER
- TOXIC FOOD
- YOUR HOME IS A SOURCE OF DANGER
The who report
The world health organization for decades, as monitors of the environment. In matters of public health environmental factor is one of the dominant.
According to a recent who report, more than 33% of childhood diseases (children under 5 years of age) caused by environmental factors. The same report States that up to 40% of malaria cases and 95% of cases of diarrhoeal diseases caused by poor environmental conditions. Annually in the world dies more than 13 million people due to environmental concerns, which can be prevented.
Analysis who involved more than 100 experts who have carefully studied the literature data and recent research on the ecological situation in the world and epidemiological situation in the region.
Sorry, but are poor indicators of the environment have plagued man throughout the pollution of air, soil, water in addition, danger can come even from furniture and building materials, of which made your home.
Disease of dirty air
The main sources of air pollution are automobiles, thermal power plants, industrial facilities for the production of mineral fertilizers, metal, dyes, cement, catalysts and other products.
Diseases caused by polluted air:
- Diseases of the respiratory system
- Cancer pathology
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Diseases of the circulatory system
The main danger in an urban environment are motor vehicles with internal combustion engines. It is the main producer chadny stinking of gas, preventing the binding of oxygen to hemoglobin. After inhaling in the polluted region, in humans, reduced thinking ability, slow down the reflexes, headache and dizziness.
However, Chad is not the only product of the combustion of gasoline. With him in the atmosphere receives more than 15 toxic compounds, including acetaldehyde, benzene, cadmium, selenium, styrene, formaldehyde, acrolein and others. Some of these substances can accumulate in the body, causing chronic diseases. In particular, it was found that the level of cadmium is higher in people living in the city compared to rural areas. As you know, high concentration of cadmium in the body in the future (after decades) can cause coronary heart disease, renal failure and hypertension. Some of the substances in the exhaust gases have a carcinogenic effect and contribute to the development of cancer.
Diseases contaminated water
The main sources of water pollution are industrial enterprises, sewage system, of which fresh and salty waters constantly receives sewage.
Diseases caused by contaminated water:
- Cancer pathology
- Cardiovascular disease
- Renal pathology
- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
- Various gene mutations
According to the who reports, that the water may contain more than 12 thousand potentially toxic substances. And these include, for example, heavy metals mercury, cadmium, Nickel, chromium. When exposed to these metals affects the nervous system, which entails the development of polyneuritis, and loss of vision.
Radioactive elements in water (uranium, plutonium, strontium, cesium) contribute to the development of cancer, impaired immunity and congenital malformations.
Serious problem is the microbial pollution of water. Bacteria and algae in the water can cause the development of infectious pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, heart and other organs.
Toxic food
Contaminated soil the main reason for getting into vegetables and fruits to toxic substances, nitrates, pesticides and others. In addition, to protect against weeds and insects in agriculture, the active use of pesticides (herbicides, insecticides) that are sprayed plants.
The illnesses caused by contaminated food:
- Cancer
- Infectious disease
- Heart disease and blood vessels
- Liver disease
- Renal pathology
In the dairy industry are used preservatives, nitrites, dyes, antibiotics and other chemical compounds that give foods flavor, color, and allowing it to be kept long on the shelves.
In the production of finished food products (particularly canned goods, semi-finished products) are also used by various chemical compounds, some of which can cause serious harm to the body.
Your home is a source of danger
Perhaps one of the most serious global challenge of substandard construction materials that emit in the atmosphere volatile chemical compounds. A large number of such substances released during the aging of plastic, linoleum and products made of particleboard, fiberboard, and other items not made of wood.
In your house there is also a washing powder and cleaning products containing surface-active substances (surfactants). These compounds can cause problems with the immune system, cancer, diseases of internal organs (heart, liver, kidneys and lungs). In addition, surfactants can linger in the tissues, causing serious pathological changes.
The illnesses caused by home environmental conditions
- Cancer
- Disorders of the heart and liver
- Renal pathology
- Headaches, mental disorders
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