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Olga Rostkowska EMSA Europe

How ill environment means ill people. …Heal The World Make It A Better Place For You And For Me And The Entire Human Race There Are People Dying If You Care Enough For The Living Make A Better Place For You And For Me…. Olga Rostkowska EMSA Europe. 4 elements of nature + 1. Fire Air

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Olga Rostkowska EMSA Europe

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  1. How illenvironment means ill people …Heal The WorldMake It A Better PlaceFor You And For MeAnd The Entire Human RaceThere Are People DyingIf You Care EnoughFor The LivingMake A Better PlaceFor You And For Me… Olga Rostkowska EMSA Europe

  2. 4 elements of nature + 1 • Fire • Air • Water • Earth • HEART Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an American animated environmentalist television program broadcasted in the early 1990 European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  3. 4 elements of nature + 1 • Fire • Air • Water • Earth • HEART = HUMAN European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  4. 4 elements of nature + 1 • Fire • Air • Water • Earth • HEART = HUMAN European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  5. POLLUTION EARTH Sources:Coal ash, sewage, pesticides/herbicides Most dangerous elements:chromium, lead and other metals, petroleum, benzene, solvents, nitrate and ammoniafromlivestock Effects on health:(minor) headache, nausea, fatigue, eye irritation and skin rash(severe) cancerogenicmetals (leukemia), congenitaldisorders, kidney and liverfailure, neuromuscularblockage, drop-down in functioning of the brain, death European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  6. POLLUTION WATER Effects on health (especially for IMMUNOSUPPRESSED people)(short term exposure) vomiting or diarrhea, sick stomach, skin rashes, mucosa irritation(long termexposure) cancers e.g. leukemia, reproductive problems i.e. infertility and sub-fertility, developmentalproblemse.g. learningdisabilities Sources: Pathogens, chemicals (organic & inorganic), thermal pollution BurkholderiaCryptosporidium Giardia Salmonella Norovirus European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  7. POLLUTION AIR HEALTH PROBLEMS AIR POLLUTANTS SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2) Atherosclerosis (HEART & VESSELS)  PARTICULATE MATTER Arythmia (HEART) OZONE Incr. risk of infarction (BRAIN) NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2) Lower O2 saturation (BLOOD) CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)  Increased clotting(BLOOD) LEAD Asthma (RESP. TRACT) ASBESTOS Inflammation (RESP. TRACT)  VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Chr. Pulmonary Obstructive Disease (RESP. TRACT) TOBACCO SMOKE CANCER European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  8. POLLUTION FIRE (BURNING) Chronicbronchitis, asthmaattacks Reduction in life expectancy Respiratoryhospital admissions Congrestiveheartfailure Osteoporosis, ataxia, renaldysfunction Loss of IQ and nervous system damage European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  9. MORE INFORMATION Environment & Health Chemicals Pesticides Climate & Energy Air Quality Mercury Other Issues… European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  10. Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) www.env-health.org

  11. Interconnected European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  12. Interconnected(more than you may think) European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

  13. THANK YOU Olga Rostkowska European Medical Students’ Association / EMSA www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu Rue Guimard 15 B-1040 Brussels BELGIUM European Medical Students' Association EMSA Europe www.emsa-europe.org www.bluemist.eu

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