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Introduction To Environmental Hazard

An environmental hazard is defined as a substance, condition, or event that has the potential to negatively impact the environment or human health. Environmental hazards can be natural, such as storms or earthquakes, or human-caused, including pollution, toxic waste, and radiation. Hazards exist in three main types - physical, chemical, and biological. Physical hazards include natural disasters while chemical hazards can be both natural and human-made substances. Biological hazards result from interactions between organisms like infectious diseases. Human activities must implement solutions like reducing waste and supporting sustainable practices to address environmental hazards.

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Introduction To Environmental Hazard

An environmental hazard is defined as a substance, condition, or event that has the potential to negatively impact the environment or human health. Environmental hazards can be natural, such as storms or earthquakes, or human-caused, including pollution, toxic waste, and radiation. Hazards exist in three main types - physical, chemical, and biological. Physical hazards include natural disasters while chemical hazards can be both natural and human-made substances. Biological hazards result from interactions between organisms like infectious diseases. Human activities must implement solutions like reducing waste and supporting sustainable practices to address environmental hazards.

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Introduction to environmental hazard: An environmental hazard is a substance, state or event

which has the potential to threaten the surrounding natural environment or adversely affect
people's health, including pollution and natural disasters such as storms and earthquakes. It can
include any single or combination of toxic chemical, biological, or physical agents in the
environment, resulting from human activities or natural processes, that may impact the health of
exposed subjects, including pollutants such as heavy metals, pesticides, biological contaminants,
toxic waste, industrial and home chemicals.
Environment means anything that surround us. It can be living (biotic) or non-living (abiotic)
things. It includes physical, chemical and other natural forces. Living things live in their
environment. They constantly interact with it and adapt themselves to conditions in their
environment. In the environment there are different interactions
between animals, plants, soil, water, and other living and non-living things.
Importance of environment
The environment provides us with resources for production which include renewable and non-
renewable resources. The environment includes sun, water, air, and soil without which human life
would not exist. It sustains life by providing genetic diversity and biodiversity.
Causes of environmental hazards
• Air contaminants.
• Toxic waste.
• Radiation.
• Disease-causing microorganisms and plants.
• Pesticides.
• Heavy metals.
• Extreme temperatures and weather events.

Types of Environmental Hazards


Physical hazards are physical processes that occur naturally in the environment. These
include natural disaster events such as earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanoes, blizzards, landslides,
and droughts. UV radiation is considered a hazard because it damages DNA and can cause
human health issues like skin cancer and cataracts.
Chemical hazards can be both natural and human-made chemicals in the environment.
Human-made chemical hazards include many of the synthetic chemicals we produce, like
disinfectants, pesticides and plastics. Some chemical hazards occur naturally in the
environment, like the heavy metals lead and mercury.
Biological hazards come from ecological interactions between organisms. Viruses, bacterial
infections, malaria, and tuberculosis are all examples of biological hazards. When these
pathogens and diseases are transferred between organisms, it's called an infectious disease.
Cultural hazards, also known as social hazards, result from your location, socioeconomic
status, occupation, and behavioral choices. For example, smoking cigarettes is hazardous to
your health, and this is a behavioral choice
Solutions to Environmental hazard
1. Replace disposal items with reusable items.
2. The use of paper should be avoided.
3. Conserve water and electricity.
4. Support environmental friendly practices.
5. Recycle the waste to conserve natural resources.

Role of NDMA
• Lay down policies on disaster management.
• Approve the National Plan.
• Approve plans prepared by the Ministries or Departments of the Government of India in
accordance with the National Plan.
• Lay down guidelines to be followed by the State Authorities in drawing up the State Plan.

Conclusion
A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment.
‘Environmental hazard’ is the start of events which has the potential to threaten the surrounding
natural environment and diverserly affect people’s health.

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