Environmental health relates to health risks associated with aspects of the physical environment.

The mitigation and management of environmental health risk factors come with trade-offs which have impacts on other aspects and determinants of public health. Exposures to and impacts of environmental hazards and stressors are also not evenly distributed in the population.

Choose ONE environmental stressor / hazard from the following list:

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Analyse and discuss the following in your essay:

1.What health effects are caused by this stressor / hazard and what is its impact on public health?
2.How do these health effects interact with other social determinants of health?
3.What actions could be taken by governments to mitigate these effects? In your answer, discuss the trade-offs for such actions and the impacts on other.