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Environmental Issues on Global Health

Seven Environmental Issues

Complete the following chart by identifying seven environmental issues that affect global health. In the second column, describe in complete sentences how the issue affects global health.

Environmental issue

How does the issue affect global health?

Overpopulation

Overpopulation affects global health because all of our natural resources are disappearing at a fast rate because of how fast the population is growing. It cannot keep up to support human life and world health. "Population experts believe that the most critical environmental challenge today is to slow the world's population growth", (Donatella). Waste is being found and killing the fish that we use as food, and if the population...