Clean air and safe water are prerequisites for health. Poor air or water quality can be particularly detrimental to vulnerable populations such as the very young, the elderly, and those with chronic health conditions.
Why Are Air and Water Quality Important to Health?
Clean air and water support healthy brain and body function, growth, and development. Air pollutants such as fine particulate matter, ground-level ozone, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and greenhouse gases can harm our health and the environment [1]. Excess nitrogen and phosphorus run-off, medicines, chemicals, lead, and pesticides in water also pose threats to well-being and quality of life [2].
In 2011, almost 40 million people—1 in 8 Americans—had been diagnosed with asthma [3]. Air pollution is associated with increased asthma rates and can aggravate asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and other lung diseases, damage airways and lungs, and increase the risk of premature death from heart or lung disease. Using 2009 data, the CDC’s Tracking Network calculates that a 10% reduction in fine particulate matter could prevent over 13,000 deaths in the US [4].
While drinking water safety is improving, a recent study estimates that contaminants in drinking water sicken up to 1.1 million people a year [5]. Improper medicine disposal, chemical, pesticide, and microbiological contaminants in water can lead to poisoning, gastro-intestinal illnesses, eye infections, increased cancer risk, and many other health problems [2].
Poor surface water quality can also make lakes unsafe for swimming and wild fish unsafe for consumption. Nitrogen pollution and harmful algae blooms create toxins in water, which can lead to rashes, stomach or liver illness, respiratory problems, and neurological effects when people ingest or come into contact with polluted water. Water pollution also threatens wildlife habitats [2].
STERILAIR ltd can adopt and implement various strategies to improve and protect the quality of your air and water, supporting healthy people and environments. Aim of Sterilair ltd Project for homes, offices, shops is "Prevention for better living"
The purpose of this section is to introduce our business to management structures suited to demanding customers, whose expectations are for higher quality services at all levels. STERILAIR ltd is a company able to perform professional and officially certify her services.
References
[1] Environmental Protection Agency. Learn about air. Last reviewed March 4, 2014. Accessed March 4, 2014.
[2] Environmental Protection Agency. Learn about water. Last reviewed January 28, 2014. Accessed March 4, 2014.
[3] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Asthma: 2011 National Health Interview Survey. Last reviewed January 7, 2013. Accessed March 4, 2014.
[4] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Outdoor Air: Health Impacts of Fine Particles in Air. Last reviewed December 17, 2013. Accessed March 4, 2014.
[5] Lambertini E, et al. Risk of Viral Acute Gastrointestinal Illness from Nondisinfected Drinking Water Distribution Systems. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012;
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