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• Environmental health is related to environmental science and public health as it is concerned with the factors of the environment affecting human health.
• Environmental health includes the physical and biological factors external to a person.
• It aims to control and avoid deseases
• Health community includes aspects of human health, disease, and injury that are determined and influenced by factors in the environment
• Health is more than merely and absence of disease
• WHO or World Health Organization
• WHO is an international agency works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable
• DOH of Department of Health
• DOH is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services.
• Community health problems are

  Water supply

  Solid waste

  Food sanitation and safety

  Disease control
• Water today is contaminated and for water to be safe for drinking, itshould be free from dangerous bacteria.
• Solid waste is composed of household waste, plastic waste, and e-waste
• Food sanitation and safety refers to handling and keeping food to avoid contamination
• Disease control means reducing the number of new infections
• Interventions should be observed
• Environmental sanitation, personal hygiene, and basic clinical care are examples of interventions
• Excessive exposure to pollution can endanger people's hate and even animals.
• Health affects of pollution are

  Air pollution

  Water pollution

  Soil contamination

  Skin irritation
• Coral reef Degradation is the physically killing of coral reefs
• Cyanide poisoning is another way of killing coral reefs
• Illegal mining can have negative impact such as skin itching and rashes as a result of washing contaminated water
• Climate change is one of the greatest challenges for humanity in the 21st century.
• Flash flood happens when the rain falls so fast
• Soil erosion is the removal of soil, sediment , and rock fragments from the landscape.
• Wind and water are also responsible for erosion
• Oil spill is the release of liquid petroleum to the environment, most often the ocean
• Deforestation is the permanent removal of large area in the forest.
• Logging is the primary contributor to forest loss in the country
• DENR or department of Environment and Natural Resources
• Environmental problems in the Philippines are

  Deforestation

  Flash flood

  Soil erosion

  Oil spill

  Coral reed Degradation

  Illegal mining

  Climate change
• Environmental health aims to prevent and control disease, and to create a health supportive environment