Environmental Factors Impact Population Health

Lack of access to health care

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Climate change and natural disasters

Poor water quality

Global environmental issues

Infrastructure issues

Air pollution

Diseases caused by microbes

Toxicology: the study of substances that have a toxic effect on the human body

Exposure to dangerous or foreign substances creates health vulnerabilities

Chemical Risk Assessment: when scientists and clinicians working to determine a substance’s full biological effects

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Any solid or liquid particles, as well as gases, that are suspended in the air and have harmful or poisonous effects

Increases the frequency of natural disasters

Increase populations vulnerability to disease

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Pathogens or germs, can infect humans and cause illness

Environmental Locations:

Food

Soil

Water

Air

Unreliable transportation to clinical facilities

Economic instability

Lack of education about the importance of preventive care

Lack of access to clean drinking water

Lack of local health care infrastructure, such as clinics capable of giving vaccinations

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Soil pollution

Biodiversity loss

Ultraviolet radiation