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Health
Quarter 1, Wk. 4 - Module 4
Effects of Environmental Issues

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

Health - Grade 9
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Quarter 1, Wk.4 - Module 4: Effects of Environmental Issues
First Edition, 2020

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Health
Quarter 1, Wk.4- Module 4
Effects of Environmental Issues

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 Table of Contents

What This Module is About ............................................................................................................ i

What I Need to Know ...................................................................................................................... i

How to Learn from this Module .................................................................................................... ii

Icons of this Module ....................................................................................................................... ii

What I Know ................................................................................................................................... .iii

Lesson 1:
Effects of Environmental Issues .............................................................................. 1

What I Need to Know ........................................................................................... 1

What’s In ................................................................................................................ 1

What’s New……………………………………………………………………………... 2

What Is It ……………………………………………………………………………….. 3

What’s More ........................................................................................................ 4

What I Have Learned ………………………………………………………….. 5

What I Can Do ………………………………………………………………………… 6

Summary………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
Assessment: (Post-Test)…………………………...………………………………………… 7

Key to Answers………………………………………………………………………………………… 8
References ................................................................................................................................... 8
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What This Module is About

The possible effects of environmental issues are a widely recognised as threat to

human health. When the health of the environment is undoubtedly poor, there is a larger rate
of morbidity and mortality for people whose health status is already at risk. Therefore,
environmental health must address the societal and environmental factors that increase the
likelihood of exposure and disease.

This environmental consequence is attributed from expanding human populace,

constantly escalating monetary development or market industries and the continuous
capitalism polluting technology. As our consumption of air, water, and soil eradicates wildlife
and depletes earth’s natural resources, our planet earth will compromise its health-grade and
therefore put humanity at risk. On the other side, human accomplishments that promote health
and prolong human life can also have adverse environmental effects such as, food production
which may deteriorate the environment through pesticides and fertilizers.

This module will let you learn to recognize environmental issues and examine its
harmful effects to human health. You will slowly absorb how properties and conditions of
impaired or contaminated environments be a threat to you and your family’s health.

What I Need to Know

As a learner, you possess a crucial role to the environment. Your cooperation will serve
as groundwork for others to initiate desirable health attitudes, habits and practices for a healthy
environment.

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

Analyze the effects of environmental issues on people’s health
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How to Learn from this Module
To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that
Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

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 What I Know

Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer. Write the letter on the space provided.

1. A loss of biodiversity may bring food insecurity to the community that results to poor oral
health and poor growth of individual because ___.

A. Harmful carcinogens affects health

B. Biodiversity provides genetic resources for all crops, livestock, and marine species
harvested for food.
C. Hazardous wastes leech to the ground soil
D. life-threatening diseases

2. Extreme weather events and increase of temperature are both effects of ______ that
reduce the availability of safe food and drinking water in times of typhoon and flash
floods.

A. Water pollution
B. Soil contamination
C. Climate change
D. Moisture production

3. Improper wastes disposal includes reservoir for insect – carrying diseases. Which of the
following is NOT true?

A. The disease meant is also known as vector-borne disease

B. Examples of disease carried by the insects are dengue and leptospirosis.
C. It does not includes mosquitoes and rats
D. The diseases they bring are life-threatening.

4. Signs and symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as environmental

hazards are shortness of breath or difficulty of breathing, muscle aches, fever, and
other signs like ____.
A. Loss of taste or smell, headache, chest pain
B. Mumps, sore eyes, fever
C. Skin disease, vomiting, sore throat
D. Nose bleed, cough,

5. Surface and ground water quality concerns apply to both drinking water and
recreational waters.

A. True
B. False
C. Maybe
D. Not at All

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 The Effects of Environmental
Issues to Human Health
Lesson

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What I Need to Know

Just like many other countries, our nation is suffering from—and contributing to—these
environmental dilemmas. From air pollution to the depletion of non-renewable resources, our
county – has gone a long way to recognize and address environmental issues within its
borders. However, the risk for agriculture and food security due to extreme El Nino and severe
tropical cyclones continually cause suffering and poverty to the lives of Filipino people. This is
for the reason that our place is central on facing climate change disasters because of its
tropical region on earth.
In this part, determining the environmental problems to the perception level of
secondary learners is importantly being stressed. Conferring the present environmental crisis
will require fundamental societal shifts in values; principles and attitudes shaped through this
learning material. You are being challenge at your level to initiate and take responsible of our
ever and only habitat – our environment.

What’s In

Previous lesson has let you learned about the different major issues of the
environment in our country. These are the climate change, water – air and - noise pollution,
poor solid wastes disposal, declining biodiversity, and environmental hazards.
Modules will give you a continual education on human health disparities as a result
from environmental dreadful conditions caused by human activities.

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 What’s New

Activity 1. GEOPARDYL ACTIVITY

Identify each of the following term/s inside the objects by associating them as the
correct human health effects from the following statements below. Shade each object
with the color indicated before the chosen statement.

HEAT- STRESS,
STROKE ANXIETY,
DEPRESSION
AIR-BORNE
ALLERGENS

DIARRHEA
COVID 19
LEPTOSPIROSIS

1. RED CAUSED BY WILDFIRE SMOKE

2. PINK TRIGGERED BY EXTREME HEAT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE
3. BLUE A VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE
CARRIED BY RATS
4. YELLOW CAUSED BY TOXIC LIQUID CHEMICALS
THAT CONTAMINATE DRINKING AND
RECREATIONAL WATER
5. GREEN DECLINED BIODIVERSITY WILL BE NO LONGER
ADEQUATE TO MEET SOCIAL NEEDS. INDIRECTLY,
CHANGES IN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AFFECT
LIVELIHOODS, INCOME, LOCAL MIGRATION, LIMIT
DISCOVERY OF POTENTIAL TREATMENTS FOR
MANY DISEASES AND HEALTH PROBLEMS.
6. ORANGE AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY
CORONA VIRUS WHICH PUSHES THE
GOVERNMENT ON DECLARING
LOCKDOWNS TO SEVERAL CITIES.

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 What Is It

1. Poor Solid Waste Disposal

a. Soil contamination
• Wastes that end up in landfills excrete hazardous chemicals that leak into the
soil producing harmful carcinogen affecting plant growth which is unhealthy to
humans and animals feeding on those plants.
• Carcinogen affects our reproduction systems, causes liver dysfunction, and
weight loss.
• Improper disposal of waste can greatly affect the health of the population
living nearby the polluted area or landfills. Workers on waste disposal and
landfill facilities are at a greater risk.
• Cause skin irritations, blood infections, respiratory problems, growth
problems, and even reproductive issues.
b. Reservoir for insect – carrying disease (vector-borne disease)
• Mosquitoes and rats are known to live and breed in sewage areas, and both
are known to carry life-threatening diseases. Mosquitoes breed in cans and
tires that collect water.
Carry diseases such as malaria and dengue
• Rats find food and shelter in landfills and sewage which results to diseases
such as leptospirosis and salmonellosis.
c. Moisture production from waste is a breeding ground for mould.
• It’s the bacteria that has the ability to spread and grow given the appropriate
conditions such as moisture production from appliances and food scraps.
• Inhaling mould fragments or spores can inflame the airways, causing nasal
congestion, wheezing, chest tightness, and coughing and throat irritation.
• Can reduce lung function and cause chronic health problems such as asthma.
2. Water pollution – water contamination will pollute drinking water and natural /
recreational waters on seas, rivers)
a. Hazardous wastes in the environment leech into the ground, and ultimately, into
ground water.
b. Toxic liquid chemicals from waste can also seep into water streams and bodies of
water.
c. Gastrointestinal illness like diarrhea, effects on the body's nervous and
respiratory systems, or liver and kidney damage
3. Climate Change
a. extreme weather events (typhoon, flash floods)
• Reducing the availability of safe food and drinking water
• Damaging roads and bridges, disrupting access to hospitals and pharmacies
• Interrupting communication, utility, and health care services
• Contributing to carbon monoxide poisoning from improper use of portable
electric generators during and after storms
• Increasing stomach and intestinal illness
• Creating or worsening mental health impacts such as depression and post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
b. Increase of temperature
• Extreme heat which can result to heat stroke and dehydration, as well as
cardiovascular, respiratory, and cerebrovascular disease.
• Shifting weather patterns can worsen air quality which lead to asthma
attacks and other respiratory and cardiovascular health effects.

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 • Wildfires - create smoke and other unhealthy air pollutants and rise in
carbon dioxide levels and warmer temperatures airborne allergens, such
as ragweed pollen.
4. Declined Biodiversity
a. Ecosystem services will be no longer adequate to meet social needs. Indirectly,
changes in ecosystem services affect livelihoods, income, local migration, limit
discovery of potential treatments for many diseases and health problems. This
results to low quality of life, malnutrition, stress, anxiety, depression, deaths
b. Loss of biodiversity affects world food production, as it ensures the sustainable
productivity of soils and provides the genetic resources for all crops, livestock,
and marine species harvested for food. Access to a sufficiency of a nutritious
variety of food is delayed.
• Type 2 Diabetes, Cancer, heart disease, stroke, obesity, deficits in brain
function.
• Food insecurity results to poor oral health, poor growth (e.g., low birth
weight, short stature), asthma, developmental risk, learning disabilities,
poor academic outcomes, behavioural and emotional problems
5. Environmental Hazards
According to MAYO Clinic Webpage, the virus is now known as the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease it causes is
called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In March 2020, the World Health
Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.

Common signs and symptoms can include: FEVER, COUGH, and TIREDNESS
Other symptoms can include:
• Shortness of breath or difficulty • Loss of taste or smell
breathing • Headache
• Muscle aches • Chest pain
• Chills
• Sore throat

Although most people with COVID-19 have mild to moderate symptoms, the disease can
cause severe medical complications and lead to death in some people. Older adults or
people with existing chronic medical conditions are at greater risk of becoming seriously
ill with COVID-19.

What’s More

Activity 2. MORE EFFECTS

Provide the effects of the following environmental issues to human health and
community.

1. Climate Change 4. Noise pollution

2. Water Pollution 5. Declining biodiversity
3. Air Pollution 6. Environmental hazards.

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 Environmental Issues Its Effects to the Human Its Effects to the
Health Community
Example Skin irritations, blood infections, Wastes that end up in
Poor Solid respiratory problems, growth landfills excrete
Waste problems, and even reproductive hazardous chemicals
Disposal issues. that leak into the soil
producing harmful
carcinogen affecting
plant growth which is
unhealthy to humans
and animals feeding on
those plants.

What I Have Learned

Activity 3. WORD - BUBBLE

Below is a diagram that will illustrate what causes the environmental degradation and
its effects to human health, then to our community. The arrows will tell us the sequence
or flow, to which our government has acted upon to bring solutions and achieve some
certain goals. Follow the direction below.

1. Find the correct word/s or phrases you can write inside the small bubbles
while trying to associate them to the words of the near bigger bubbles.
Choose from the table below.
2. When all small bubbles are filled, there should be 3 phrases left from the
table. Write each of them inside the 3 white bubbles in the central part of
the diagram.
3. The words or phrases will reveal to you the goals of the government.

Influenza Plastic production Tree planting COVID - 19 virus

Clean-up Sustainable Dengue Lung deforestation
drive Environment fever cancer
molds Use of organic bacteria Heat wave Healthy
products people
recycle Healthy Community floods smoking typhoon

The Goals of the government are ____________, ____________, ____________.

Processing Questions
1. Do you think the goals of the government could be realized? How?
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 2. Is there a relevance of human activities in relation to their health and quality of life?
Why? Explain your answer.
3. How can you maintain a healthy environment as an individual belonging to a certain
community / barangay? Cite at least 5 valuable activities you can do.

What I Can Do

Activity 4. POST - CARD

Using an illustration board, make a post card in an 8”x5” size. Write the severity
of COVID-19 symptoms to remind yourself and family of the health effects of the said
biohazard. At the back, list the things-to-do and draw an object which represents the
things we needed to wear outside in order to prevent the infectious disease.

POSTCARD will be passed to the teacher. Below is an example.

Rubric:

Summary
EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:

1. POOR SOLID WASTES DISPOSAL

A. Carcinogen as harmful chemicals affects our reproduction systems, causes liver
dysfunction, and weight loss.
B. Cause skin irritations, blood infections, respiratory problems, growth problems, and
even reproductive issues
C. Carry diseases such as malaria and dengue, leptospirosis and salmonellosis.
D. Inhaling mould fragments or spores can inflame the airways, causing nasal
congestion, wheezing, chest tightness, and coughing and throat irritation.
E. Can reduce lung function and cause chronic health problems such as asthma.

2. WATER POLLUTION
Gastrointestinal illness like diarrhoea, effects on the body's nervous and respiratory
systems, or liver and kidney damage

3. CLIMATE CHANGE
A. Increasing stomach and intestinal illness

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 B. Creating or worsening mental health impacts such as depression and post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD)
C. Heat stroke and dehydration, as well as cardiovascular, respiratory, and
cerebrovascular disease lead to asthma attacks and other respiratory cardiovascular
health effects.
D. airborne allergens, such as ragweed pollen

4. DECLINED BIODIVERSITY
A. Low quality of life, malnutrition, stress, anxiety, depression, deaths
B. Type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, obesity, deficits in brain function
to poor oral health, poor growth (e.g., low birth weight, short stature), asthma,
developmental risk, learning disabilities, poor academic outcomes, behavioural and
emotional problems
5. COVID – 19
Severe medical complications
Deaths

Assessment: (Post-Test)

Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer. Write the letter on the space provided.

1. Signs and symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as environmental

hazards are shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, muscle aches, fever, and
other signs like ____.
A. Loss of taste or smell, C. Skin disease, vomiting, sore throat
Headache, Chest pain D. Nose bleed, cough,
B. Mumps, sore eyes, fever
2. Extreme weather events and increase of temperature are both effects of ______ that
reduce the availability of safe food and drinking water in times of typhoon and flash
floods.
A. Water pollution C. Climate change
B. Soil contamination D. Moisture production
3. A loss of biodiversity may bring food insecurity to the community that results to poor oral
health and poor growth of individual because ___.
A. Harmful carcinogens affects health
B. Biodiversity provides genetic resources for all crops, livestock, and marine species
harvested for food.
C. Hazardous wastes leech to the ground soil
D. life-threatening diseases
4. Improper wastes disposal includes reservoir for insect – carrying diseases. Which of the
following is NOT true?
A. The disease is also known as vector-borne disease
B. Examples of disease carried by the insects, pests are dengue and leptospirosis.
C. It does not includes mosquitoes and rats
D. The diseases they bring are life-threatening.
5. Surface and ground water quality concerns apply to both drinking water and
recreational waters.
A. True C. MAYBE
B. FALSE D. Not at all

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 Key to Answers
Pre – test Post – test
1. B 1. A
2. C 2. C
3. C 3. B
4. A 4. C
5. A 5. A

References

‘Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), MAyoClinic. Online at

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/symptoms-causes/syc-
20479963

https://www.joboneforhumanity.org/what_is_global_warming_sign_up?gclid=CjwKCAjw57b3
BRBlEiwA1ImytuJh6R5CEUy_qpr_T4G8T1v1FsZRa7x0LZwf0LLES6CsxMhJhgtvhBoCUhM
QAvD_BwE

https://www.plt.org/about-us/why-environmental-education-is-important/

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