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Faculty of Medicine Epidemiology and Biostatistics
واإلحصاء الحيوي الوبائيات (31505204)
Lecture 21
Current global environmental problems, their
causes, effects, and prevention measures
By
Hatim Jaber MD MPH JBCM PhD
19-7-2017
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1. Basic epidemiological concepts/ Epidemiological study types
1. Association and causation 2. Bias and confounding 3. Screening tests and result interpretation 1. Communicable diseases Epidemiology 2. Transmission of infectious diseases 3. Chronic Non-communicable Diseases Epidemiology 4. Risk factors of NCD 1. Workplace Hazards – Radiation and Noise at workplace
2. Current global environmental problems, their causes, effects, and prevention measures.(1)
3. Current global environmental problems, their causes, effects, and prevention measures.(2)
1. Food contamination and food borne diseases(1) 2. Food contamination and food borne diseases (2)
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Presentation outline
Time
Introduction to Environment 11:00 to 11:10
Global environmental problems
11:10 to 11:20
Air pollution 11: 20 to 11:40
The consequences of global warming phenomenon
11:40 to 12:00
Environmental diseases 12:00 to 12:15
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Included environmental factors are the modifiable parts (or impacts) of:
• • pollution of air, water, or soil with chemical or biological agents; • • UV and ionizing radiation • • noise, electromagnetic fields; • • occupational risks • • built environments, including housing, land use patterns, roads; • • agricultural methods, irrigation schemes; • • man-made climate change, ecosystem change; • • behaviour related to the availability of safe water and sanitation
facilities, such as washing hands, and contaminating food with unsafe water or unclean hands
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Behavioral risk factors: • 1. Tobacco smoking • 2. Excessive alcohol
consumption • 3. Poor diet and nutrition • 4. Physical inactivity • 5. Excessive sun exposure • 6. Insufficient vaccination • 7. Unprotected sexual
activity.
Biomedical risk factors (combination of genetic, lifestyle and other broad factors):
• 1. Overweight and obesity
• 2. High blood pressure
• 3. High blood cholesterol
• 4. Impaired glucose tolerance
Environmental risk factors: • 1. Social, economic, cultural and political • 2. Physical, chemical and biological Genetic risk factors: • 1. Single gene (monogenic) disorders, for example haemophilia • 2. Chromosomal abnormalities, for example Down syndrome; and • 3. Multi-factorial diseases, such as asthma.
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Global environmental problems
1. Global warming 2. Ozone depletion 3. Trans-boundary transmission of pollutants • A. Air pollutants • B. Acid rains • C. Toxic chemicals • D. Radio-active pollutants • E. Sea water pollutants • F. River water pollutants • G. International trading of foods/drinks materials • H. Communication channels, media, misleading data.
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External Environmental Settings:
• 1. Pollution • 2. Microbes in air, water, or soil • 3. Contaminants in food • 4. Weather conditions (droughts, heat waves) • 5. Natural disasters (storms, earthquakes, floods) • 6. Pesticides and other chemicals • 7. Pests and parasites • 8. Radiation • 9. Poverty • 10. Lack of access to health care
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The four types of
Atmosphere • Troposphere: 8-18 km, close to
earth surface
• Stratosphere: up to 50km,
OZONE- absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from sun
• Mesosphere: > 50 km
• Thermosphere and Exosphere= upper atmosphere
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Man Made Environment (Socio-cultural)
• Cultural OR man made environment : It includes 1)Industries, 2)Transport and communication, 3)Population, 4)Traditions, 5)Political situations etc.
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Environmental sustainability: االستدامة
• Improvements in the standard of living that do not cause long-term damage to the environment that impact future generations. and it includes:
• 1. Protecting biodiversity • 2. Stopping human caused climate change • 3. Elimination of acid rain • 4. Elimination of damage to ozone layer • 5. Reduction of pollution (air, water, noise,
etc.) • 6. Management of resources e.g. fish, water
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Air pollution and Ventilation
Air pollution;
is the introduction of chemicals, particulate
matter, or biological material-- that cause
harm discomfort to humans or other living
organisms, or damages the natural
environment,-- into the atmosphere.
Ventilation :
A process, whereby air is supplied and removed from an indoor space by natural or mechanical means.
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Atmosphere as a Resource • Atmospheric
Composition – Nitrogen 78.08%
– Oxygen 20.95%
– Argon 0.93%
– Carbon dioxide 0.04%
• Ecosystem services – Blocks UV radiation
– Moderates the climate
– Redistributes water in the hydrologic cycle
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Types and Sources of Air Pollutants
• Two categories – Primary Air Pollutant
• Harmful substance that is emitted directly into the atmosphere
– Secondary Air Pollutant
• Harmful substance formed in the atmosphere when a primary air pollutant reacts with substances normally found in the atmosphere or with other air pollutants
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Major Air Pollutants
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Major Classes of Air Pollutants
• Particulate Material
• Nitrogen Oxides
• Sulfur Oxides
• Carbon Oxides
• Hydrocarbons
• Ozone
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Particulate Material
• Thousands of different solid or liquid particles suspended in air
– Includes: soil particles, soot, lead, asbestos, sea salt, and sulfuric acid droplets
• Dangerous for 2 reasons
– May contain materials with toxic or carcinogenic effects
– Extremely small particles can become lodged in lungs
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Nitrogen and Sulfur Oxides
• Nitrogen Oxides – Gases produced by the chemical interactions
between atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen at high temperature
– Problems • Greenhouse gases
• Cause difficulty breathing
• Sulfur Oxides – Gases produced by the chemical interactions
between sulfur and oxygen
– Causes acid precipitation
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Carbon Oxides and Hydrocarbons
• Carbon Oxides
– Gases carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2)
– Greenhouse gases
• Hydrocarbons
– Diverse group of organic compounds that contain only hydrogen and carbon (ex: CH4- methane)
– Some are related to photochemical smog and greenhouse gases
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Ozone
• Tropospheric Ozone
– Man- made pollutant in the lower atmosphere
– Secondary air pollutant
– Component of photochemical smog
• Stratospheric Ozone
– Essential component that screens out UV radiation in the upper atmosphere
– Man- made pollutants (ex: CFCs) can destroy it
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Environmental Risk Factors and Health:
• The evidence shows that environmental risk factors play a role in more than 80% of the diseases regularly reported by the World Health Organization.
• Globally, nearly one quarter of all deaths and of the total disease burden can be attributed to the environment.
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Effects of Air Pollution • Low level exposure
– Irritates eyes
– Causes inflammation of respiratory tract
• Can develop into chronic respiratory diseases
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Health Effects of Air Pollution
• Sulfur Dioxide and Particulate material – Irritate respiratory tract and impair ability of
lungs to exchange gases
• Nitrogen Dioxides – Causes airway restriction
• Carbon monoxide – Binds with iron in blood hemoglobin – Causes headache, fatigue, drowsiness, death
• Ozone – Causes burning eyes, coughing, and chest
discomfort
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Children and Air Pollution
• Greater health threat to children than adults
– Air pollution can restrict lung development
– Children breath more often than adults
• Children who live in high ozone areas are more likely to develop asthma
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Air Pollution Around the World
• Air quality is deteriorating rapidly in developing countries
• Shenyang, China
– Residents only see sunlight a few weeks each year
• Developing countries have older cars
– Still use leaded gasoline
• 5 worst cities in world
– Beijing, China; Mexico City, Mexico; Shanghai, China; Tehran, Iran; and Calcutta, India
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INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
-Indoor air pollutants may be up to 100 times higher than outdoor levels. (Environmental protection agency).
-Most people spend 90% of their time indoors. (American Lung Association)
Dirty ventilation systems are a 50% contributor to sick building syndrome. (Healthy Buildings International).
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-50% of all illnesses are either caused or aggravated by polluted indoor air. (American College of Allergists).
-Legionnaire’s disease was spawned in air conditioning ducts. (ALA)
-Indoor airpollution is the primary cause in as many as 50 million cases of occupational chronic respiratory disease each year. (World Health Organization).
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INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
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What Causes Indoor Air Pollution??
· Air tightness of buildings
· Poorly designed air conditioning and ventilation systems
· Indoor sources of pollution
· Outdoor sources of pollution
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How can I tell that indoor air is contaminated?
Sniff the air. The nose is the best odor and gas detector, and a good particle detector as well, especially when first entering a contaminated environment.
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Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollutants Health effects due to indoor air pollutants may be short- as well as long-term.
Short-term problems include a stuffy, odorous environment and symptoms such as burning eyes, skin irritation, and headaches.
Long-term health problems have a longer
latency period or are chronic in nature.
Health conditions involving some allergic reactions, including hypersensitivity pneumonitis, allergic rhinitis, and some types of asthma, are triggered by bioaerosols.
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What is sick building syndrome ? The feeling of illness among majority of
occupants of a conditioned space is called “Sick Building Syndrome”.
A variety of illness symptoms reported by occupants in sick buildings are – Headache, fatigue, irritation in eyes, nose and throat, shortness of breathe etc.
Causes Inadequate ventilation insufficient supply of outside air; poor mixing; fluctuations in temperature & humidity;
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Radon
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer, following smoking. Radon is odorless, colorless, and tasteless. It is a naturally occurring radioactive gas resulting from the decay of radium, itself a decay product of uranium .
Radon is a radioactive gas that comes from the decay of uranium in the Earth. It comes up through cracks in the ground and can get into your basement. It can accumulate in the basement up to levels which can cause lung cancer.
Smokers are at an especially high risk of getting lung cancer from radon.
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Outdoor Air Pollution
Global warming-Climate Change
Ozone Depletion
Temperature Inversion
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Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution
• Two main sources
– Transportation
– Industry
• Intentional forest fires is also high
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What is Climate Change? Global warming and climate change are terms for
the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects
Climate is the average weather at a given point and time of year, over a long period (typically 30 years).
We expect the weather to change a lot from day to day, but we expect the climate to remain relatively constant.
If the climate doesn’t remain constant, we call it climate change.
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What cause the temperature of the atmosphere to go up?
• There are many possible mechanisms that can cause the warming of the atmosphere, for example: – Natural variation – the climate becomes warmer by internal chaotic dynamics
of the earth-atmosphere system (that is, no external influence).
– Solar activity – either direct increase of solar energy output or indirect
“trigger” mechanisms due to solar activity (though nobody knows how) may cause the surface temperature to go up.
– Greenhouse effect – increasing “greenhouse” gases such as CO2, CH4, NO, CFC,…etc. (actually H2O is very efficient, too, but at present it is assumed to be in steady state).
• The last one is presently thought to be the most likely cause of the global warming.
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• Increases in the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere enhances the greenhouse effect which is
• creating global warming and
• consequently climate change.
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The consequences of global warming
phenomenon are:
1. Extreme heat:
2. Natural disasters
3. Poor air quality:
4. Allergens and other nuisances:
5. Spreading diseases:
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Ozone Depletion in Stratosphere
• Ozone Protects earth from UV radiation – Part of the electromagnetic spectrum with
wavelengths just shorter than visible light
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Effects of Ozone Depletion
• Higher levels of UV-radiation hitting the earth – Eye cataracts
– Skin cancer (right)
– Weakened immunity
• May disrupt ecosystems
• May damage crops and forests
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To summarize the health effects of exposure to UVR as a result of Ozone depletion
• 1. Skin cancer: Exposure to ultraviolet rays poses an increased risk of developing several types of skin cancers, including malignant melanoma, basal and squamous cell carcinoma.
• 2. Eye damage: Direct exposure to UV radiations can result in photo-keratitis (snow blindness), and cataracts.
• 3. Immune system damage: Effects of UV rays include impairment of the immune system. Increased exposure to UV rays weakens the response of the immune system.
• 4. Accelerated aging of skin: Constant exposure to UV radiation can cause photo allergy, which results in the outbreak of rash in fair-skinned people.
• 5. Other effects: Ozone chemicals can cause difficulty in breathing, chest pain, throat irritation, and impede lung functioning.
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Acid Deposition
• Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions react with water vapor in the atmosphere and form acids that return to the surface as either dry or wet deposition
• pH scale
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Effects of Acid Deposition
• Declining Aquatic Animal Populations
• Thin-shelled eggs prevent bird reproduction – Because calcium is
unavailable in acidic soil
• Forest decline – Ex: Black forest in Germany
(50% is destroyed)
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ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS AND RELATED DISEASES
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HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT ON HEALTH?
• An estimated 24% of the global disease burden (healthy life years lost)
• and 23% of all deaths (premature mortality) can be attributed to environmental factors
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• Diseases with the largest absolute burden attributable to modifiable environmental factors included:
• diarrhea;
• lower respiratory infections;
• 'other' unintentional injuries;
• and malaria.
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE BURDEN BY WHO SUBREGION (2002)
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE BURDEN IN DALYS PER 1000 PEOPLE, BY WHO SUBREGION (2002)
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DISEASES WITH THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE BURDEN, BY WHO SUBREGION
However, in developed countries, the per capita impact of cardiovascular diseases and cancers is higher.
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MAIN DISEASES CONTRIBUTING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN OF DISEASE AMONG CHILDREN 0-14 YEARS
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MAIN DISEASES CONTRIBUTING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN OF DISEASE, FOR THE TOTAL POPULATION
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• Globally, about 1.5 million deaths per year from diarrhoeal diseases are attributable to environmental factors, essentially water, sanitation and hygiene
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Malaria • Environmental management of malaria can involve
modification or manipulation of the environment, as well as of human habitation and behaviour
There are three main approaches to the environmental management of malaria:
• • Modify the environment. This approach aims to permanently change land, water or vegetation conditions, so as to reduce vector habitats.
• • Manipulate the environment. This approach temporarily produces unfavourable conditions for vector propagation and therefore needs to be repeated.
• • Modify or manipulate human habitation or behaviour. This approach aims to reduce contact between humans and vectors (WHO, 1982).
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• An estimated 42% of the global malaria burden, or half a million deaths annually, could be prevented by environmental management
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Death rate of asthma in the USA:
5,637 per year
469 per month
108 per week
15 deaths daily
Over half of these fatalities are children under the age of 12
This disease is caused
by genetics,
family history,
and our environment.
A medical website says that “Contact with some airborne allergens or exposure to some viral infections in infancy or in early childhood when the immune system is developing” http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Asthma/Asthma_Causes.html
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CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
• An estimated 42% of COPD is attributable to environmental risks;
• occupational exposures to airborne particulates were responsible for 12% of this global COPD disease burden.
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• Environmental factors contribute to 23% of all deaths worldwide and 36% of all deaths among children 0-14 years old.
• The global estimate of the environmental disease burden is conservative, because the health impacts of many risk factors and related diseases still cannot be quantified