HEALTH 6

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What is
Environmental Health?
Outside
Outside
Inside

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What is the environment?
The trees, air, &
soil around us
Our fields,
farms & the
food we grow
Our oceans, lakes,
and rivers
ALL the places we
live, work & play

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What is health?
Nutritious foods help us
stay healthy.
Doctors, hospitals &
medicines help us get
healthy if we’re sick.
Regular exercise helps
keep us strong and
healthy.

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Environmental Health?
The study of how the environment
affects your health.
Food
Air
Water
Sunlight
Noise
Soil

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Good Things Around Us
There are many things around us that
help us stay healthy.
Family &
friends
Beautiful
scenery
to look at
Medicine
& vitamins
Oxygen
in the air
Nutrients
in food

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Hazards
A hazard is anything in the environment
that can hurt you or make you sick.
Bacteria
& viruses
Harmful
chemicals
Loud noises
Tobacco
smoke
Stress

7. Poor Environmental Sanitation
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Sanitation – is the common term used to
describe the safe disposal of garbage and
human waste.

8. • Respiratory Diseases
1. Asthma – caused by consistent
inflammation of the airways.
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9. 2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease – a disease caused by
smoking, genetics, and
environmental factors like
pollution.
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10. 3. Bronchitis – an infection caused
by a virus.
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11. 4. Emphysema – a serious
respiratory disease which is another
form of COPD
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12. 5. Lung Cancer
6. Cystic Fibrosis
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14. 7. Pneumonia
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15. 8. Allergies
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