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The greatest environmental health challenge humans will face in the future are natural disasters such as sand dust storms. “Inhaling fine particles can generate and aggravate asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and silicosis. Finer dust also can also deliver a range of pollutants, spores, bacteria, fungi and allergens,” (UNEHP, 2017). To include hurricanes, tornados, sand storms, earthquakes; climate.
Climate will be an environmental health issue as long as the world turns. If our air quality is poor, our water and soil is contaminated, and there is continual pollution, our communities will hardly be safe. “Environmental monitoring over the past century or more confirms that climate change is a reality,” (Watson, 2005).
There is so much exposure to humans when these natural disasters take place, likewise, animals, communities, and homes. Whether it be disastrous enough for destruction or health. Each of which are impacted by climate and no one individual has control over its impact or affects. “Climate change and variability affects human health and links processes such as environmental, social, ecological and economical factors. The spread and growth play a huge role in disease transmission,” (Cissé, 2019).
Therefore, considering the future and environmental health pertaining to climate must be adequately monitored to be able to ensure appropriate solutions. As storms move in and disasters take place, people and their communities are at risk of a wide variety of health issues. This is when environmental health professionals can use their education and knowledge to be able to assist with solutions to ensure environmental safety and protection.
References
Cissé, G. (2019). Food-borne and water-borne diseases under climate change in low-and middle-income countries: Further efforts needed for reducing environmental health exposure risks. Acta tropica, 194, 181-188.
United Nations Environmental Health Programme. (5 Dec 2017). Frontiers 2017: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern. Retrieved from https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/frontiers-2017-emerging-issues-environmental-concern
Watson, R. T., Patz, J., Gubler, D. J., Parson, E. A., & Vincent, J. H. (2005). Environmental health implications of global climate change. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 7(9), 834-843.
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Agustin Aguilar posted Nov 27, 2021 8:46 PM
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Good evening classmates,
This course has been very educational and eye opening. Honestly, I would have never thought that I would be taking this class but I’m happy I did. I feel that this course has given me a better understanding about the everyday issues we face when it comes to environmental health issues. I feel that the biggest challenge we will in the future is global warming; although we are making an effort to curve the output of CO2, the whole world needs to be on the same page. According to climatetrade, China is the leading polluter with almost 10,065 million tons of CO2 released, this is almost 2 times more than the U.S. which is 5,416 million tons (2021). In the future environmental health professionals will have a hard job ahead of them, they will need to assess and come up with solutions to try and mitigate future climate disasters.
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climatetrade, climatetrade. (2021, November 23). Which countries are the world’s biggest carbon polluters? Climate Trade. Retrieved November 28, 2021, from https://climatetrade.com/which-countries-are-the-worlds-biggest-carbon-polluters/.
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