POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anthropocentrism, Pain Management, Paclitaxel
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*human health and environmental protect are inextricably linked (6) * anthropocentric we should improve the environment because it will improve human health. *health benefits provided by ecosystems and access to nature can be systematically increased through strengthened laws, policies, and programs. * adverse environmental impacts on human health are most entirely preventable, meaning. Canada could not only reduce but virtually eliminate the majority of environmental threats to human health. * prevention is more effective because it addresses populations instead of individuals, more efficient because it is less costly than post facto treatment or restoration, and more equitable because it reduces the heightened risks facing disadvantaged groups. 1. a neglected but vital issue: environmental influences on human health, the environmental burden of disease, environmental injustices, economic costs of the environmental burden of disease. * over two hundred human diseases and conditions are linked to chemical exposures, ranging from birth defects and asthma to cancer and heart disease.
