3. Adverse air quality can kill many organisms
including humans.
Air pollution can cause:
respiratory disease
cardiovascular disease
throat inflammation
chest pain
congestion
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4.
Contaminated or polluted soil directly affects
human health through direct contact with soil
or via inhalation of soil contaminants which
have vaporized
Health consequences from exposure to soil
contamination vary greatly depending on
pollutant type, pathway of attack and
vulnerability of the exposed population
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5. Water pollution causes approximately 14,000
deaths per day, mostly due to contamination of
drinking water by untreated sewage in developing
countries.
Typhoid
Cholera
Dysentery
Polio
Hepatitis
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