The Biobrio 10(1 & 2), 2023

Impact of ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment on human health

Ekta Kumari & Arun Kumar

ABSTRACT:

With its negative effects on human health and food security, environmental pollution has become a major global concern. Frequent exposure to high levels of pollution that can be harmful to both humans and animals occurs. An important global problem, air pollution causes a considerable number of early deaths annually. Lung cancer, heart failure, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and respiratory infections are the main causes of these deaths. According to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), almost all people on the planetroughly 99%-are exposed to air pollution levels that are higher than advised. Investigating the effects of environmental pollutants on ecosystems, wildlife, and human populations, ecotoxicology, environmental risk assessment, and their potential health ramifications are related fields of study. The impact of environmental risk assessment and ecotoxicology on human health will be the main focus of this chapter. Human exposure to environmental pollutants may result in adverse outcomes such as neurotoxicity, carcinogenicity, infertility, and metabolic problems, among other things.rous hence can be utilized as seed source for raising the quality plantations of the species

Keywords:    

ecosystems, wildlife, ecotoxicology, environmental risk assessmen

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