…Heal The World Make It A Better Place For You And For Me And The Entire Human Race There Are People Dying If You Care Enough For The Living Make A Better Place For You And For Me… Olga Rostkowska EMSA Europe How ill environment means ill people
…Heal The World Make It A Better Place For You And For Me And The Entire Human Race There Are People Dying If You Care Enough For The Living Make A Better.
Apr 01, 2015
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…Heal The WorldMake It A Better PlaceFor You And For MeAnd The Entire Human RaceThere Are People DyingIf You Care EnoughFor The LivingMake A Better PlaceFor You And For Me…
Olga RostkowskaEMSA Europe
How ill environment
means ill people
4 elements of nature +
1• Fire• Air• Water• Earth• HEART
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an American animated environmentalist television program broadcasted in the early 1990
• Fire• Air• Water• Earth• HEART = HUMAN
European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu
4 elements of nature +
1
• Fire• Air• Water• Earth• HEART = HUMAN
European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu
4 elements of nature +
1
European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu
EARTH
Sources:Coal ash, sewage, pesticides/herbicides
Most dangerous elements:chromium, lead and other metals, petroleum, benzene, solvents, nitrate and ammonia from livestock
Effects on health:(minor) headache, nausea, fatigue, eye irritation and skin rash(severe) cancerogenic metals (leukemia), congenital disorders, kidney and liver failure, neuromuscular blockage, drop-down in functioning of the brain, death
POLLUTION
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WATER
Burkholderia Cryptosporidium Giardia Salmonella Norovirus
Sources: Pathogens, chemicals (organic & inorganic), thermal pollution
Effects on health (especially for IMMUNOSUPPRESSED people)(short term exposure) vomiting or diarrhea, sick stomach, skin rashes, mucosa irritation(long term exposure) cancers e.g. leukemia, reproductive problems i.e. infertility and sub-fertility, developmental problems e.g. learning disabilities
POLLUTION
AIR
POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTANTSHEALTH PROBLEMS
Chr. Pulmonary Obstructive Disease (RESP. TRACT)
Incr. risk of infarction (BRAIN)Lower O2 saturation
(BLOOD) Increased clotting(BLOOD)Asthma (RESP.
TRACT)
Arythmia (HEART)
Inflammation (RESP. TRACT)
PARTICULATE MATTEROZONE
NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2)CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)
LEADASBESTOS
SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2)
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Atherosclerosis (HEART & VESSELS)
CANCER
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDSTOBACCO SMOKE
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FIRE (BURNING)
POLLUTION
Reduction in life expectancyRespiratory hospital admissions
Congrestive heart failureOsteoporosis, ataxia, renal dysfunction
Chronic bronchitis, asthma attacks
Loss of IQ and nervous system damage
MORE INFORMATION
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Environment & HealthChemicals
PesticidesClimate & EnergyAir QualityMercuryOther Issues…
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
www.env-health.org
Interconnected
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Interconnected(more than you may think)
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THANK YOU
Olga RostkowskaEuropean Medical Students’ Association / EMSAwww.emsa-europe.orgwww.bluemist.eu
Rue Guimard 15B-1040 BrusselsBELGIUM
European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu
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