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FOR:
GROUP:
151021_17
TUTOR:
MARIANA TRIANA
HEALTH MANAGEMENT
VALLEDUPAR 2021
INTRODUCTION
General:
Specific
The poor disposal of solid waste has always caused changes in ecosystems
and their inhabitants worldwide, this has forced governments, universities,
research centers and the general population to seek solutions to this problem.
Our country is not an exception to this fact, having carried out numerous works
related to this issue. Environmental pollution could be defined as the process by
which alterations in the physical, chemical and biological properties of air, water
and soil are produced, due to the action of natural or artificial processes. The
problems of water and soil contamination have led Latin American countries to
undertake projects to evaluate and treat deteriorated resources and to develop
policies for their recovery.
The sanitary problem due to the poor disposal of waste, affects the
epidemiological risk represented by the accumulation and uncontrolled dumping
of garbage, food remains, excrement, etc., have as a result of their
characteristics; proliferation of flies, rodents, bacteria and other disease-causing
animals and microorganisms.
The main damage to health caused by the poor disposal of waste is mainly due
to the increase in possible breeding sites for vectors that transmit malaria and
dengue (presence of coconut shells, cans, bottles and others in the open air).