HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE AS A PRODUCT OF MAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS AND ITS HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
Dr (Mrs) M. N Obasi
ABSTRACT
The national environmental setting covers the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. Within these spheres are a number of interactions that propel different types of human-related activities. The environment is defined as a system where living organisms interact with the physical elements (Sada 1988). This system is alternatively known as the Ecosystem, Man as part of the living organism interacts with other organisms within the environmental setting. We have four main types of environment, example physical, biological, social and cultural environments. The mode of man environmental interactions had been in terms of what can be abstracted from the environment. Thus man often fails to consider the accompanying consequences of many of his activities. As a result of such interactions easily translate into a number of environmental related problems like health problems. Thus, this work is interested in the health implication of man-environment interactions.
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