CENTRAL THEME: Effects of Waste to People’s Health And

Environment
Subtopics:
Soil Contamination
 alters soils' biodiversity
 reduces soil organic matter
 reduces soils' capacity to act as a filter
Water Contamination
 transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis
A, typhoid and polio
 contamination of the food chain
 lack of potable water
Climate Contamination
 rising sea levels
 more extreme weather
 heat-related deaths
 increased transmission of infectious diseases
Air Contamination
 cause long-term damage to people’s nerves, brain, kidneys, liver, and
other organs
 create several respiratory and heart conditions like asthma, chronic
bronchitis, emphysema, heart attacks and strokes along with cancer,
among other threats to the body
Animal and Marine Life Damage
 destroys animal and marine habitat
 causes a disarray in the marine and wildlife biodiversity
 marine and animal life’s diet can be affected
Human Damage
 causes short and long term diseases
 reduce their quality of life
 can create internal and external conflicts