…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

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4 elements of nature + 1

• Fire• Air• Water• Earth• HEART = HUMAN

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4 elements of nature + 1

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EARTHSources: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

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