Human health and the environment

• population density • air quality • water quality • extreme weather events • infectious diseases and non infectious diseases and more complex issues like malnutrition

inextricably

• health and wellbeing - behaviour

• climate change, extreme weather and human health • chemical mixtures, envtly sensitive genes, vulnerable/more susceptible populations • microbial pollution of aquatic environments

• diabetes and obesity can be prevented if people go outdoors and move • good for mental health • virtual environments • aquatic envts are good • good for aging populations

• uks hotspot for radon • naturally occurring radioactive gas • occurs from decay of minerals like uranium • particles go into lungs so bad for health • igneous rocks correspond to radon • association, but further research needed

dose exposure

• risk factor for lung cancer • cause of 3% of deaths from lung cancer in uk, most combined with smoking • skin cancer too

maybe cus they spend time outside

• malignant melanoma • basal cell carcinoma • squamous cell carcinoma

• mortality (no. of deaths) - morbidity (disability adjusted life years (DALYs))

one year lived at full health lost

• severity of disease/disability - value of a year of healthy life e.g. age

haven’t been created for positive states, only talk about severity of reduction on health

• population attributable fraction - fraction of incidence of a disease in a population that is accounted for by exposure to hazard

23%