"The Environment and Our Health" by @mavisefia
Greetings to the amazing people of this Community, my topic today is The Environment and Our Health. Let's begin:
Q1What does the word "environment" mean to you?
The environment can be defined as a ecological habitat, where plants and animals co-exist. It is made up of two major factor, The Biotic and Abiotic factor.
The Biotic factor is made up of living things which includes man, animals, plants and Microorganisms.
The Abiotic factor is made up of non living things like land, climate, rocks, water e.t.c.
Q2 How do our surroundings impact our well-being?
Our surroundings both the physical and social has great impact on us which can be negative or positive. Take for instance living in a calm, and serene environment will help our mental and generally wellbeing while living in a polluted environment can be very toxic to our health. For instance, people living in a polluted land are liable to so many chronic health condition. Living in a noise polluted environment can cause damages like hearing loss, nervousness, insomnia e.t.c. Living in an air polluted environment can cause Gastrointestinal diseases.
Q3 What are some ways pollution, like air or water pollution, can affect our health?
The harmful impact of pollution on our health cannot be over emphasized.
Air pollution is the major cause of Gastrointestinal chronic disease, heart diseases, lungs Cancer and so many other things.
Drinking polluted water exposes the victim to water borne diseases like, dysentery, diarrhea, dysentery. Drinking of hydrocarbon contaminated Water can equally lead to hydrocarbon accumulating in different parts of the body, and this hydrocarbons are toxic to health.
pollutants like Herbicides, fertilizers, pesticides, crude oil and heavy metals can contaminate our crops which can be quite detrimental when consumed.
Q4 What are some simple actions you take every day to promote environmental health? Each and every one of us is needed to fix our environment. Some of the things we can do to make our environment habitable includes.
- Reforestation
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This is the planting of a new plant after cutting down trees. As we all know, trees helps in purifying the air we breath. They take in the Carbon IV oxide we breath out and convert it to Oxygen which we take in. By planting more trees, it will help to make our environment healthier.
Dispose refuse appropriately
Learn to dispose refuse properly, do not dump trash inside gutters or water bodies.Recycle and reuse
Recycling which is the act of converting used materials into new products is also a great way of making our environment habitable. My doing so, it will reduce land pollution and refill.
source Reduce noise pollution
This is one of the major form of pollution we suffer on a daily basis here in Nigeria, We should resort to Solar energy as source of constant energy rather than Generators which generates lots of noise. Industries should also be sited away from residential houses
Q5 How can education and awareness play a role in promoting environmental health?
The act of Bioremediation which is the use of living organisms to clean up polluted environment. The good thing about bioremediation is that it's degrades pollutants totally and the by product are non toxic. Another good thing about Bioremediation is the fact that it's eco friendly and cost effective.
So teaching about Bioremediation and creating awareness for it will help to adopt the act thereby making the environment safe and promoting good health in our environment.