Unit 4 EQ1 - Private Study Task 4

1. Pollution and human health at risk… EQ 1 - Task 4 Due Wednesday 10 th March Note….. this presentation has been designed to be pleasing on the eye and easy on the mind.. When completed the work it contains will round up all that is required for the first enquiry question – What are the health risks? Ben / John – this ppt contains work – the idea being to get it done…

7. Red= degenerative diseases Blue= infectious diseases Number affected.. Development / Time Stages or Age of : 1 The age of Pestilence + famine 2 The age of Receding Pandemics 3 The age of chronic diseases 4 Age of emerging /re-emerging infectious diseases Causes of health risk Large number infectious, acute diseases. reduction in the prevalence of infectious diseases + fall in mortality Degenerative + human induced diseases of affluence suffered by ageing populations . New or the re-emergence of “old” diseases Examples of types of health risk Mainly respiratory + infectious diseases: Measles, smallpox, malaria, typhoid, cholera, tuberculosis, enteritis, diarrhoea, pneumonia cancers respiratory diseases including asthma HIV/AIDS SARS Avian Influenza Measles TB Link to pollution localised pollution, especially water borne rise in all types of pollution as industrialisation increases. Environmentally conscious but consumerist society Reduced water +land pollution, but increased air pollution In Low to middle income countries high rates of all types of environmental pollution Link to economic development Low income countries UK in 17 th C Currently Ethiopia, Bangladesh , although most moving to 2 nd stage Industrialisation; UK in 19 th C. Currently Low to Middle income countries eg India, Western and rural China Post-industrialisation: UK in 20 th C and currently Upper income countries +NICs/RICs Eastern and urban China Ageing populations in urbanised societies. Low to middle income countries, less able to cope with the ‘double burden ‘of health risk , late 20 th C Huge rise in HIV/AIDs, smoking, hypertension, toxic effects of widespread environmental pollution, not under control