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a) What is the central theme of the article? Discuss the author’s perspectives and any other perspective mentioned. The article focused on the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality caused by air pollution in human population. The authors placed emphasis on particulate matters and ultrafine particles as a major player in increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (authors’ perspectives). The author used air pollution historical events such as the December 1930 Meuse Valley (Belgium)…

Health Education: From Theory to Practice Oxygen is one of the most essential and vital requirements for human existence. Other basic components for survival such as eating, drinking, and sleeping are crucial, but without the breath of life and the simple act of inspiration, which fills our lungs and blood with oxygen, nothing becomes more basic and necessary for life. We will be assessing the needs and the issues related to clean air and the respiratory health issue of asthmatic children living…

Some of the very first food packaging materials were animal skin, leaves, nuts or wood. Hunters and gatherers used every part of the animals that they killed and recycled the leftovers. As civilizations advanced, their methods of packaging did as well. Depending on where people lived, some people had woven sacks and baskets while others made clay pots and bowls. They were able to store food for later use during harsh conditions such as a drought or winter. Then commerce introduced new packaging…

The people of China have become extremely concerned with all the environmental issues that have been going on in the last past 10 years. To correct the problems the Chinese government has taken multiple steps to make the best of the situation. The Chinese state is filled with environmental problems which make them enforce environmental policies, mainly in rural areas. In most cases, people don’t understand nor realize the environmental effects of any polluting activities. For example, when…

Air Pollution There is no pollution control authority in my country. However no one needs an official pollution monitoring system to realize that the air we breathe in the city of Kinshasa is very polluted. It is useless to search for official pollution information on Kinshasa. Even in the 2014 WHO report on air pollution, data on Africa in general and on Congo in particular are not available. When looking on the WHO website, we can find statistics on regions like America, Pacific, Asia and…

What are causes of pollution and how can it be stopped or decrease ? Pollution is a presence of introduction into the environment of a substance that has harmful or poisonous effects. Most of the human life activities that happen each and every day for us to survive are polluting the world. Pollution is overcoming the earth and destroying lots of natural resources that we need. Pollution is known to cause human illness around the world. Pollution is causing bad damage to the earth for many…

Air pollution is a serious public health concern globally [1]. Exposure to ambient air pollution increases mortality and morbidity [2]. Ambient air particulate matter (PM) is the main component of air pollution and has a significant impact on human health [3]. Epidemiologic studies have shown that lung function of people is adversely affected by exposure to airborne particulate matters (APM) pollution [4-6]. In the other words, there is evidence from past studies that ambient air PM (such as PM2…

With unprecedented increasing the density of automobile vehicles all over the globe, automobile exhaust related air pollution have become a major health hazard. Inhalation of fuel vapor along with dust may lead to significant impairment of lung and other body functions. Traffic police personnel, due to their continuous and prolonged exposure are likely to be the worst affected group in this regard. Duration of exposure, aging, concurrent smoking may influence the pulmonary function in these…

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Theoretical principles 2.1.1 Motor vehicle repair and servicing works In the motor vehicle repair works, a number of processes are undertaken depending on the part under repair or service. This includes but not limited to, bodyworks, engine parts, transmission parts and auxiliary parts like batteries. Operations on this parts during either repair or servicing is prone to expose the worker to some dust mostly inform of fumes. Hazardous materials and wastes in…

How does it affect our lives and health? Despite the fact that noise pollution may not always be given much importance, this form of pollution is as life threatening as many other pollutions around the globe. Below is a list of the most common side- effects which occur, when this pollution takes place. Hearing loss: When one is exposed to noise pollution, which comes from various man-made noises such as: Jackhammers, (car) horns, loud machinery (vehicles, e.t.c.), airplanes, this may interfere…