Environmental Pollution and Global Health: A Comprehensive Essay

This essay examines the critical issue of environmental pollution and its significant impact on global health. It delves into the challenges posed by pollution, including the degradation of common goods like air and water, driven by factors such as population growth and the excessive use of fossil fuels. The essay clarifies the principles of common goods, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all elements within the ecosystem and the importance of conserving natural resources for future generations. It critically analyzes the issues discussed, highlighting the detrimental effects of pollutants on both the environment and human health, including the rise of diseases and premature deaths. Furthermore, the essay explores potential solutions, emphasizing the need for public awareness, the adoption of sustainable development practices, and individual responsibility in reversing environmental degradation. The conclusion reiterates the importance of addressing environmental pollution to safeguard both the ecosystem and human well-being, advocating for a comprehensive approach to tackle these challenges effectively.

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Executive Summary
The environmental pollution is one of the greatest issue that is being faced by the world.
There has been challenges faced while in the development of the activities that will help in
the development of the environmental condition. There are challenges that are being faced in
the implementation of the development on the environment. The paper will help in the
understanding of the ways of handling environmental pollution.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Definition and clarification of the principles of common goods...........................................3
Critically analysis of the issues discussed in assessment 2....................................................4
Ways of addressing the challenges........................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
Reference list..............................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Environmental pollution has turned out to be one of the greatest challenges that every
country is struggling with (Chang, 2019). The prime reason that has been identified by the
researchers that growth in the population is leading to excessive increase in the
environmental pollution. Every country is taking various initiatives that will help in the
development of the environmental condition and help in resolving the issues that are being
faced by the world. The increase in the environmental pollution has been creating a great
impact on the life of every individual in the environment (Olaleye, 2018).The paper is
intended to analyse that issues that has been discussed earlier in assessment 2 along with
finding various ways to address the challenges.
Discussion
Definition and clarification of the principles of common goods
Every individual in the ecosystem is interlinked and inter connected with everyone.
There is a great impact on the elements of environment with the deterioration of the
environment (Lecomte, 2017). The natural resources are the products that humans must
ensure to conserve that will help our future generation to utilise it. The air, water and land are
the common goods of environment that helps lives on earth. Hence, it is important that the
goods must be reserved and taken care of. The principles of common goods focuses on
meeting the needs of the organism on earth. The common goods have been providing humans
with all the necessities that are required for better living (Mu, 2019). The natural resources
has been extracted to a great extent due to which there has been excessive use of the fossil
fuels leading to pollution of air and water. Hence, there is a deterioration in the condition of
environment.

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The principles has been developed that will help in the resolving of the issues that is
being faced by the environment. There has been issues identified that is the reason of the
deterioration of the condition of the ecosystem (Olaleye, 2018). The natural resources have
been developed to meet every necessity of humans and help them lead a better life. Whereas
these material were being exploited by human beings. Hence, educating humans trued out to
be one of the important factor that will help in resolving of the issues that are being faced by
the ecosystem. The principles of common good has been developed to endow the humans
with the basic needs for leading their daily life. However, there has been principles developed
that will help in the mitigating of the issues with the development of conservation of nature.
It will also help in the increase of the biodiversity of the environment. The principle also
includes control on the human population can lead to development of the environment.
Critically analysis of the issues discussed in assessment 2
The issues that has been discussed in the assessment 2 provides a clear understanding
of the ways the environment is being degrading with the harmful material that is being
released in the air and water from various sources like factories, mills and cars. The issues
has been increasing with time. The continuous increase in the excessive use of fossil fuel is
leading to constant depletion of the environmental condition (Thompson, R. C. (2015). The
increase for pollutants in the environment is degrading the health of the elements of the
environment. The first issue that has been identified in assessment 2 was biological and
physical factors that have an impact on the growth of the pollutants in the environment. The
pollutants have been effecting the life of various organisms on earth. The second issues that
has been identified is the explosion of fossil fuel that has been effecting soil, water as well as
the air.
With the increase in the population, there has been increase in the demand of food
increasing the use of fertilisers and pesticides to meet the needs of the people. Hence, the

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excessive use of pesticides and fertilisers are degrading the condition of soil increasing the
CO2 release in the air (Vesilind, Peirce, & Weiner, 2013). The increase in the use of
chemicals have been effecting the water bodies as well. The rainwater is carrying the
chemicals to the water degrading the condition of the marine life. Moreover, polluting the sea
beaches is another reason that is affecting the life of the aquatic animals (Slovic, 2019). The
excessive use of fossil fuels is leading to increase in the diseases like asthma. Inhaling of
polluted air is degrading the condition of humans leading to increase in premature death for
350,000 to 40,000 death rate every year. The use of chemicals and fossil fuels are depleting
the condition of water as well as air resulting in the consumption of contaminated harmful
water. These are the reason that is leading to the downfall of the health of human beings
causing diseases like malnutrition, obesity, overweight, injury, and violence, and
environmental degradation, physical and mental health.
Ways of addressing the challenges
In making people aware of the depleting condition of the environment is a great
challenge (Ozioloret al., 2019). In making changes in the environment, various challenges are
being faced. One of the prime challenge is the replacement of plastic products. It is important
that there must be substitutes or products developed that will be biodegradable and the issues
of clotting drains and pollution will be resolved. It is high time every school must take the
initiative to make the children aware of the issues. Sustainable development is one of the way
wherein people can help in the development of the condition of the environment (Parmar,
Rawtani & Agrawal, 2016). However, it becomes difficult for people to understand the ways
of using the materials as the products are being launched without right indication of the use of
the products. For instance, the use of biomass gas will help in the reduction of the fossil fuels;
however, people have been cutting down trees for the collection of materials that are being
used for producing biomass gas. This is the condition that is taking place due to the minimum

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knowledge of the use of the machines. Hence, it is important to make people aware of the use
of product in the right way (World Health Organization, 2016). There are changes that is
being required to address the challenges. The responsibility that must be taken up by every
individual in the reversing of the condition of the environment. Thus, with the taking up of
the responsibilities there will be changes in the ecosystem that will help in the resolving of
the issues.
Conclusion
The struggle with environmental pollution has been turned out to be one of the
greatest issues. Environmental pollution has been creating a great impact on the ecosystem as
well as in the health of the people. Several challenges are being faced in resolving the issues
of environmental pollution. Hence, the principles are being discussed that will help in the
development of a sustainable environment. The paper is a critical discussion of assessment 2
wherein the environmental issues are being discussed. The challenges are being addresses
which if followed by every individual of the ecosystem will help in the development of the
condition of the environment. Hence, it can be concluded that the paper is a discussion of
environmental pollutions and challenges.

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