SayPro How does pollution affect health

Children are more susceptible to environmental pollution than adults. Metabolic activity is higher in children as their bodies are still developing. Children’s bodies respond differently than adults’ to the same apparent levels of exposure and are less able to metabolise or remove pollutants. Moreover, adults and children are exposed to different types of risk, mainly because of their different activities. Children tend to spend more time outdoors and are more exposed to soil and outdoor air pollution. They are also less aware of the environmental risks surrounding them. So children can be exposed to higher levels of pollution than adults.Examples of impacts of environmental pollution on children’s health include:

• cancer (e.g. skin cancer from exposure to UV radiation or leukaemia resulting from exposure to pesticides while still in the womb)
• asthma (exacerbated by outdoor air pollution)
• birth defects (from drinking-water contaminants ingested by the pregnant mother)
• neurodevelopmental disorders (resulting from lead poisoning)

Despite a large number of measures undertaken in OECD countries to protect children’s health from environmental hazards, most existing environmental legislation does not take account of children’s specific vulnerability to the variousPlease visit our website at www.saypro.online Email: info@saypro.online Email: info@saypro.online Call: + 27 11 071 1903 WhatsApp: + 27 84 313 7407. Comment below for any questions and feedback. For SayPro Courses, SayPro Jobs, SayPro Community Development, SayPro Products, SayPro Services, SayPro Consulting, and SayPro Advisory visit our website to www.saypro.online