Authors : Tejashree A. Joshi, Prajakta J. Nande
Page Nos : 173-182
Description :
The world has progressed a lot, but with this progress, the amount of harmful and toxic
wastes due to environmental pollution has increased. This problem has topped the list of
environmental issues. This if not taken care of in time may cause harm to all living things
on the earth with the inclusion of human species and eventually end up with the
destruction of our planet. Hence, the present article briefs about the effects of
environmental conditions on nutritional status and health of human being. Environmental
pollutants enter the human body simply by air (inhalation) and water (which gets absorbed
by soil and in turn used by plants and animals that are to be eaten by human beings),
which are released by industries or home sewage. Through different exposures, many
harmful and life threatening heavy metals mainly lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic
(arsenic is a metalloid, but is usually classified as a heavy metal) enter human body,
causing several adverse health effects.
Keywords: heavy metals, food contamination, soil pollution, water pollution, air pollution
