How the environment impacts your health

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the Earth’s resources are being consumed at an unsustainable rate and air pollution is one of the biggest environmental health risks across the globe.

Beyond affecting the seas, wildlife and forests around the world, environmental factors take their toll on human health and wellness too. Environmental pollutants can cause health problems like respiratory diseases, heart disease, and some types of cancer. People with low incomes are more likely to live in polluted areas and have unsafe drinking water. And children and pregnant women are at higher risk of health problems related to pollution.

They tell us everything except the most important one – Stop eating meat!

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