Name:

MUHAMMAD ASAD

REG #:

2016-AG-5156

Course Title:

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

Course Code:

MED-510

Major:

B.SC (HONS) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Submitted To:

DR.MUGHEES AZIZ ALVI

Action to Protect the Health and
Environment
Environmental health and protection refers to protection against environmental factors that may
adversely impact human health or the ecological balances essential to long term human health and
environmental quality, whether in the natural or human-made environment.

The increasing rate of modernization and urbanization has taken a heavy toll on environment. Due to
modernization in the lifestyle of people, the condition of environment is degrading day by day. Where
on one hand, technology is doing wonders to bring more comfort in life, environment on the other hand
is facing all the negative repercussions. Environment is being affected in many ways like increasing
pollution, depletion of energy resources, poisonous air, and adverse weather conditions and so on and
so forth. However, nowadays people are becoming aware to protect our environment and are trying to
make genuine efforts to save it from further degradation.

Following are some of the ways in which every person can contribute to some extent in protection the
environment and health.

Grow more Trees:

Trees not only help in purifying the air around us but also benefit in million
other ways, one of which is climate control. As we know that greenhouse
gases have poisoned the air and have also led to the depletion of ozone
layer of the atmosphere which in turn has caused the temperature to rise.
Trees contribute in maintaining the air quality by emitting oxygen and thus
reduce the greenhouse effect from the atmosphere. As a result of this,
trees save us from extreme weather conditions. Lately, people are getting
more aware about the benefits of planting trees as several missions and
programmes are being organized by the governments of various countries
and UN as well.

Say No to Plastics:
Plastics are non-biodegradable substances that do not decompose
ever. Plastics cause much land pollution and also prove fatal for
animals when they swallow polythene bags or pouches. It chokes
their respiratory system and as a result they die out of suffocation.
Also burning of plastic causes production of highly poisonous and
toxic gases that are harmful for humans to inhale. We must stop
the use of plastics that is available in the form of bags, toys and
other daily use objects and turn towards better options like jute
bags or paper bags, clay toys etc. which are eco-friendly as well.
Use Public Transport:
Modernization has brought considerable change in the lifestyle of
people and as a result of this people turn to a more comfortable
and lavish ways of living. Owning personal vehicles now is no more
limited to need; rather it has become a status symbol. People
these days own more cars than the number of family members in
the house and this has undoubtedly left a negative impression on
the environment. The gases coming out of the vehicles by the
combustion of fuels are adding to the air pollution even more.
Thus, it is better to use public transportation for going to work
place or reduce pressure on environment.

Do not Litter your Surroundings:

Littering around is in itself a bad habit that many of us have.
However, it does not just make the place unhygienic but also
affects the environment adversely. Throwing away wrappers,
garbage and other waste around your surroundings adds up in
the breeding of germs and bacteria which are responsible for
causing several diseases and polluting the air around. Wastes you
throw away also contain non-biodegradable items which remain
there in the environment and sometimes reach to the water
bodies and destroy the life there as well.

Reduce Pollution:
Pollution is one of the major reasons for the degradation of environment. All kinds if pollution like land,
air and water act as the mediums to ruin our beautiful earth and make it unsuitable to live in
comfortably. However, it is only humans who are responsible for pollution as they are the agents of
spreading it. The use of refrigerators, air conditioners, microwaves, factories, industries motor vehicles
etc. contribute in causing air pollution. The discharge of waste from factories, dumping of garbage into
the water bodies is leading to water pollution. We must understand that our actions are not only posing
threat to the environment but ultimately it is making the earth unfit for us to live in. Thus, we should
stop practicing such activities at least at our level to help in reducing pollution.

Recycle:
Recycling the products is the best way to reuse objects in different ways.
It is the process of turning waste material into new and usable ones. This
could be seen as an alternative for waste disposal as we know that
disposing off waste especially non-biodegradable objects, pressurizes the
environment to a great extent. The processes of waste disposal like
incineration and land filling cause tremendous amount of damage to the
environment in the form of air and land pollution. By recycling, we can
use the same object all over again in different forms and as a result, the
production of materials like plastics could be lowered down.