The below mentioned article provides a short note on Excreta Disposal. Public Health Importance: 1. Human excreta is an important cause of environmental pollution. 2. Improper excreta disposal causes soil pollution, water pollution, contamination of foods and propagation of flies. The resulting diseases are typhoid and paratyphoid fever, dysenteries, diarrheas, cholera, hookworm disease, viral hepatitis and similar other intestinal infections. [...]
Read this article to learn about the role of information technology in environment and human health. Role of Information Technology in Environment: The important roles of information technology in environment are as follows: 1. Remote Sensing: Remote sensing technique through satellite can be used to assess ongoing changes in the environment and to predict natural calamities like droughts, floods and [...]
This article throws light upon the five major environmental agents which lead to health problems. The environmental agents are: 1. Infectious Organisms 2. Chemicals 3. Radiations 4. Noise 5. Diet. Environmental Agent # 1. Infectious Organisms: Disease causing organisms like parasites, worms, microbes, viruses in contaminated water, food and air cause diarrhoea, vomitting, jaundice, dysentery, typhoid, pneumonia, filariasis etc. Environmental [...]