Thay đổi môi trường và sức khỏe Môi trường, duy trì cuộc sống của tất cả các sinh vật sống, cũng có thể là một nguyên nhân quan trọng của sức khỏe kém. Như đã thảo luận trong chương trước, công nghiệp tăng, mở rộng công nghệ và kinh tế, cùng trong những thập kỷ gần đây với dân số thế giới ngày càng tăng, đã hoàn toàn thay đổi, và vẫn còn thay đổi, môi trường của chúng tôi. Một số những thay đổi đánh dấu sự thay đổi khí hậu toàn cầu, tăng ô nhiễm không khí và nước,. | Chapter 2 Environmental Change and Health OUR CHANGING ENVIRONMENT Introduction The environment which sustains the life of all living organisms can also be a significant cause of ill health. As discussed in the previous chapter increasing industrialization expanding technology and economics coupled in recent decades with growing world population have radically changed and are still changing our environment. Some of the marked changes include global climate changes increased air and water pollution acid rain mounting quantities of solid waste destruction of the ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons CFCs and the presence of a growing number of endocrine disrupters in the environment. These changes have profound impacts on the health and wellbeing of living organisms. Literature dealing with some of these issues abounds. For example Time magazine in a rare departure from its tradition of naming Man of Year designated Endangered Earth as Planet of the Year for 1988. The January 2 1989 issue of the magazine was dedicated to this particular theme. In the front section which contained several articles on the issue are these words What On EARTH Are We Doing 1 In this chapter several issues of concern are discussed. Global Climate Changes Global climate changes particularly global warming have attracted much attention in recent years. According to studies by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA over the period 1978 to 2002 the global tropospheric temperature increased to C per 10 years. The increase was consistent with the global warming trend derived from observations by surface meteorological According to a recent report by the New York Times researchers have found that the icecap atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is retreating at such a pace that it will disappear in less than 15 years. The vanishing of the seemingly perpetual snows of Kilimanjaro echoed similar trends on ice-capped peaks in various parts of the .
