SEC-S16 / W4 | "The Environment and Our Health"🌍👩‍⚕️

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Assalamualaikum all of my friends. How are you all? I hope you all are well. I am also fine. Today I am going to participate in the Engagement contest of S16W4 in the "Healthy Steem" community on the topic "The Environment and Our Health". I am very happy to participate in such a wonderful engagement contest on environmental issues for which I thank the "Healthy Steem" community team and at the same time I present my post to you.

What do I mean by the term environment?

A long time ago I read about environment in textbooks that "environment is made up of everything around us". But the word environment means to surround or surround. Environment consists of people, animals, plants, houses, buildings, rivers, seas, roads and everything around us and we are all a part of this environment. So it can be said that our environment consists of the space around us.

Our environment means environment with all that is around us

How does the environment around us affect our well-being?

It is true that the environment around us affects our well-being. Because we grow from the environment and we grow by eating the light, air, water and other foods grown in the environment. So if any element of the environment is damaged here, we will also be damaged. We need clean air, drinking water and quality food to survive. But when our environment gets mixed with the black smoke from more vehicles and factories, when the air becomes polluted, if we take in the oxygen in that air with our breath, we will also suffer from various airborne diseases. Similarly, if cows and goats bathe or defecate in water or soil, both water and soil are polluted, which is harmful to our health. If any element of the environment is polluted, it is called environmental pollution because it affects humans and other animals. So it can be said that the environment around us affects our well-being.

A clean environment around us helps us maintain good health

Can air or water pollution affect our health?

Air or water pollution definitely affects our health. Because I mentioned a while ago that if any element of the environment is damaged or polluted, it has a negative impact on us.

We all know that humans or animals need many things to survive but the two most important elements are air and water. The oxygen we need to survive is mixed with air, which we take in with countless breaths every day. In this case black smoke from factories, cigarette smoke, smoke from vehicles gets mixed in the air and the air becomes polluted, resulting in various problems like shortness of breath, asthma, sneezing and coughing.

On the other hand, water is another name for life and we need water more than oxygen to survive. And we get this water from our environment. Clean water is essential to keep our body healthy. Many times we use water from tube wells as well as ponds, rivers or other bodies of water for cooking and drinking purposes. Therefore, the free activities of bathing cows and goats in these reservoirs, throwing garbage in the water, fertilizing any plantation land near the reservoir, etc., pollute the water of the reservoir, as a result of which we get diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, indigestion, constipation, vomiting, pneumonia, influenza, nose when using that water. Bleeding with, gastric,I am suffering from incurable diseases such as anorexia, depression, bladder infection, meningitis etc So it can be said that air or water pollution can affect our health.

Air and water is an important element of our environment which if polluted we also get affected by various diseases

What are my simple daily steps to improve environmental health?

We can undertake various environmental protection activities to improve environmental health. First of all, I reach my destination on foot instead of using a vehicle when commuting somewhere nearby. Moreover, to protect the health of the environment, I regularly plant some vegetable plants and take care of them. I refrain from littering wherever possible to create a clean and healthy environment. I think the more conscious we are of our environment and protect the health of the environment by planting more trees.

I improve environmental health by keeping my yard and surrounding streets clean

How does education and awareness contribute to the development of environmental health?

Education and awareness can play a role in improving environmental health. Because in order to protect the health of the environment, we must first know the good and bad side for the environment. In this case, we need to have knowledge about the environment and know about the diseases of many people, how or under what influence they are getting sick. For example, due to many water-borne diseases, diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, indigestion and other diseases, we need to know and act accordingly.

We should not only know about environmental health but also be aware of it all the time. Because knowledge and awareness are two different things. People acquire knowledge through education and applying the acquired knowledge is an act of awareness. So we have to know first what things are harmful to the environment and we have to protect the various elements of the environment from pollution so that the health protection of the environment is maintained.

It is possible to maintain good health of the environment through education and awareness of people. Source

I invite my dear steemian friends : @ripon0630, @waterjoe, @pelon53, @dove11, @jyoti-thelight, @drhira, @lirvic

Thank you very much