10. Links Between Environment & Health Sources: Environmental Health Service DOH, UP College of Public Health, International Development Research Centre-Canada. (2001). Health and environment: the vital link. Philippines: DOH. Various Environmental Pollutants and their Impacts on Health Restrictions on vehicles and industrial activity during critical periods; effect of acid rain on forests and water bodies Many acute and chronic health impacts; excessive urban particulate matter levels are responsible for 300,000-700,000 premature deaths annually and for half of childhood chronic coughing; 400-700M people, mainly women and children in poor rural areas, affected by smoky indoor air Air pollution Declining fisheries, rural household time and municipal costs of providing safe water, aquifer depletion leading to irreversible compaction, constraint on economic activity because of water shortages More than 2 M deaths and billions of illnesses a year attributed to pollution and poor household hygiene and added health risks by water scarcity Water pollution and water scarcity Effect on Productivity (worldwide) Effect on Health (worldwide) Environmental Problem
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12. Links Between Environment & Health (Cont.) Various Environmental Pollutants and their Impacts on Health Sources: Environmental Health Service DOH, UP College of Public Health, International Development Research Centre-Canada. (2001). Health and environment: the vital link. Philippines: DOH. Sea-rise damage to coastal investments, regional changes in agricultural productivity, disruption of marine food chain Possible shifts in vector-borne diseases, risks from climactic natural disasters, diseases attributable to ozone depletion (perhaps 300-700 additional cases of skin CA every year worldwide, and 7M cases of cataracts) Atmospheric changes Reduction of ecosystem adaptability and loss of genetic sources Potential loss of new drugs Loss of biodiversity Effect on Productivity (worldwide) Effect on Health (worldwide) Environmental Problem
13. Links Between Environment & Health (Cont.) Epidemiologic triangle Disease results when a harmful agent comes into contact with a susceptible host in the proper environment (Cassens, 1987). host agent environment
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15. Links Between Environment & Health (Cont.) “ Environment plays an important role in the development of man’s way of life… man undergoes biological and cultural changes as a response to the changing environment in order to survive and reproduce.” - University of the Philippines Systemwide Committee, n.d.
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20. Relevant Legislations Treaty is designed to limit global greenhouse gas emissions Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (1992, 1997, 2001, 2005) Will formulate the rules and regulations that will govern the global rise and spread of tobacco and tobacco products in the 21 st century Tobacco Framework Convention (1999) Addresses the problems and challenges posed by toxic and hazardous wastes through waste minimization, proper disposal, and reduction of movement across boundaries Basel Convention (1997) Sets strategies and targets for the eventual elimination of ozone-depleting substances Montreal Protocol (1987) Underscores respect for the interests of all and the protection of the integrity of the global environment and developmental systems Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992) Aim International Agreement
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