Environmental Health

     

        Environmental health (EH) is concerned with preventing disease, death and disability by reducing exposure to adverse environmental conditions and promoting behavioral change. It focuses on the direct and indirect causes of diseases and injuries, and taps resources inside and outside the health care system to help improve health outcomes.

Is the branch of public health that is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment that may affect human health? Other terms that concern or refer to the discipline of environmental health include environmental public health and environmental health and protection. Environmental health is defined by the World Health Organization as:

Those aspects of the human health and disease that are determined by factors in the environment. It also refers to the theory and practice of assessing and controlling factors in the environment that can potentially affect health.

 Environmental Health publishes manuscripts on all aspects of environmental and occupational medicine and related studies in toxicology and epidemiology.

 Health is aimed at scientists and practitioners in all areas of environmental science where human health and well-being are involved, either directly or indirectly. Environmental Health is a public health journal serving the public health community and scientists working on matters of public health interest and importance pertaining to the environment.

Environmental Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to Environmental Health, and thus serves the important objective of making reliable and important scientific information widely and easily available, without charge, to readers worldwide.

General information

• Fact sheets on environmental health
• Q&As on environmental health
• News on environmental health
• Environmental health: Bulletin articles

Ways to save cost in daily activities

1. Buy energy efficient electrical appliances.

2. Chech and compare energy ratings before buying large appliances. 

3. Grow your own vegetables, fruits and herbs without using pesticides. 

4. Separate household wastes. 

5. Chose natural drinks – fruit juices, water. 

6. Use reusable glass containers for storing food. 

7. Buy in bulk. It’s cheaper and it uses less packaging. 

8. Buy vegetables, loose, not in plastic bags. 

9. Avoid plastic containers-costly and difficult to separate and recycle. 

10. Chose products in refillable or reusable containers. 

11. Compost your kitchen wastes. 

12. Look for products made from recycled materials. 

13. Use cloth instead of paper napkins and towels. 

14. Avoid the usage of Styrofoam. 

15. Keep a bowl of water in the sink while preparing food for quickly rinsing your hands. 

16. Don’t let the water run while doing dishes. 

17. Mend any dripping taps or leaking pipes immediately. 

18. Use handkerchiefs instead of disposable tissues. 

19. Don’t leave the tap running while brushing your teeth or shaving. 

20. Install low toilet flushes. 

21. Hang clothing outside to dry or inside in a dry, warm room and save energy. 

22. Use your waste basket for miscellaneous bathroom wastes water and can cause treatment problems. 

23. When buying a new shower curtain, get cloth instead of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). 

24. If you must water lawn and garden, water in the morning or at night to prevent evaporation. 

25. Plant native plants in your garden – they need a lot less water and maintenance than introduced species. 

26. Trap rain water for usage. 

27. Organize a jumble sale and support second hand shops. 

28. Breastfeed your child. 

29. Quit smoking. 

30. Suport or invest in projects like recycling programmers, organic gardening: your support means they can grow and provide service beneficial to the community, the earth, the children and their future. 

31. Do an environmental audit of your home, workplace and school. 

32. Photocopy or print on both sides of the page and reuse paper until both sides are used up. 

33. Reuse envelopes. 

34. Buy one copy of the newspaper and leave it in the staff room for everyone to share over lunch and breaks. 

35. Use paper clips, staples, string or not toxic glue instead of adhesive tape when possible. 

36. Use refillable pens and pencils rather than disposable ones. 

37. Bring your lunch in a reusable container. 

38. Weatherproof your workplace to save energy. 

39. Support alternative energy initiative s 

40. Help educate your coworkers about the environment 

41. Contribute your time and money for environmental project 

42. Practice sustainable consumption in your daily life. 

43. Set up a recycling program. 

44. Use public transit or carpool. 

45. Don’t leave taps running while you’re not using them. 

46. Take a short shower instead of a bath. 

47. Only run the washing machine when it’s fully loaded 

48. Turn light on only when needed and turn them off when you’re done to save energy. 

49. Think of ways to reuse things before you throw them out, like jars for food and scraps of papers for notes. 

50. Use recycled paper instead of plastic product. 

51. Save leftover food instead of throwing it away. 

52. Buy products that use the least packing. 

53. Give away clothing you is done with it instead of throwing it away. 

54. Take a backpack with you when you go shopping to avoid plastic bags. 

55. Wash your car the natural way – wait until it rains. 

56. Avoid anything battery operated (or use rechargeable batteries if unavoidable). 

57. Buy locally – not only is it good for the local economy, it will save energy because products haven’t traveled across the globe to get to you.