What is bad for our environment is also bad for our health
Readers, you may have heard before about the fact that we humans, like all other living things, are dependent on our environment. This is one of the main reasons we must protect our environment, respect it, and try to avoid buying products that are linked to environmental damage, either directly or indirectly.
We also need to know that much of what is bad for the environment-pollution, 'fast food', soil degradation-is also bad for our health as well.
Excessive pollution over the decades-via emissions from coal, from petrol, from diesel, from other harmful gases-has proven itself to be a factor in increasing rates of cancer, infertility, developmental delay and other health problems in much of the world, especially in densely-populated areas.
The proliferation of fast food in developed (and to a lesser extent, developing) nations has been linked to rising rates of obesity and diabetes, which contribute to higher rates of death from heart problems in these societies. Fast food also often uses palm oil in its production, and palm oil production has been causing rainforest decimation and destruction of the habitats of endangered species in Africa and Asia.
The use of nitrate-based fertilisers to increase production of food is somewhat responsible for food crises that have occurred in recent years, and has also damaged the quality and nutritional benefits of our food. Pesticides that have been linked to the killing of bees and other insects are sometimes used on our food as well, and this has had harmful effects on long-term human health.
These are just some of the many examples in how things that are bad for our environment are also bad for our health. Please comment if you can list other examples.
Alan.
We also need to know that much of what is bad for the environment-pollution, 'fast food', soil degradation-is also bad for our health as well.
Excessive pollution over the decades-via emissions from coal, from petrol, from diesel, from other harmful gases-has proven itself to be a factor in increasing rates of cancer, infertility, developmental delay and other health problems in much of the world, especially in densely-populated areas.
The proliferation of fast food in developed (and to a lesser extent, developing) nations has been linked to rising rates of obesity and diabetes, which contribute to higher rates of death from heart problems in these societies. Fast food also often uses palm oil in its production, and palm oil production has been causing rainforest decimation and destruction of the habitats of endangered species in Africa and Asia.
The use of nitrate-based fertilisers to increase production of food is somewhat responsible for food crises that have occurred in recent years, and has also damaged the quality and nutritional benefits of our food. Pesticides that have been linked to the killing of bees and other insects are sometimes used on our food as well, and this has had harmful effects on long-term human health.
These are just some of the many examples in how things that are bad for our environment are also bad for our health. Please comment if you can list other examples.
Alan.
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