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  2. Open defecation - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Open defecation is the human practice of defecating outside ("in the open") rather than into a toilet. People may choose fields, bushes, forests, ditches, streets, canals, or other open spaces for defecation. They do so either because they do not have a toilet readily accessible or due to traditional cultural practices. [2]

  3. Sanitation - Wikipedia

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    Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. [1] Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap. Sanitation systems aim to protect human health by providing a clean environment that will stop the transmission of ...

  4. Environmental health - Wikipedia

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    Environmental health is the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health. In order to effectively control factors that may affect health, the requirements that must be met in order to create a healthy environment must be determined. [1]

  5. Deforestation: Human Health Impacts and How to Fight Back

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    ensuring food security. redistributing water to dry regions. preventing natural disasters and flooding. preventing fires and air pollution. providing shelter and food to billions of people (not to ...

  6. Sustainable sanitation - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable sanitation is a sanitation system designed to meet certain criteria and to work well over the long-term. Sustainable sanitation systems consider the entire "sanitation value chain", from the experience of the user, excreta and wastewater collection methods, transportation or conveyance of waste, treatment, and reuse or disposal. [2]

  7. Are the Olympics Bad for Public Health? - WebMD

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    Environment. The environmental fallout from hosting the Olympics can have unwelcome effects for the surrounding populace. For example, an estimated 500 million gallons of water was required for ...

  8. Water pollution - Wikipedia

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    Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses. [1] : 6 It is usually a result of human activities. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwater. Water pollution results when contaminants mix with these water bodies.

  9. What Are Fracking’s Possible Health Effects? - WebMD

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    Activities tied to drilling, along with the arrival of a large workforce, could have consequences like: More noise, light, and traffic. Bigger burden on hospitals and roads. Higher rates of crime ...

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