Environmental Health

Environmental and Public Health

DEVELOPMENT AT WHAT COST?

Building Cities without Losing Nature Urbanization is an important part of development. As populations grow, cities must expand, infrastructure must improve, and communities need access to better housing, transportation, healthcare and economic opportunities. But development also comes with a responsibility. We build tall buildings and call it progress. We transform natural landscapes and call it […]

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THE HIDDEN DANGER IN REUSING PLASTIC BOTTLES.

HOW UNSAFE REUSE CAN SPREAD DISEASE AND EXPOSE YOU TO HARMFUL CHEMICALS. Plastic bottles have become an essential part of everyday life in Nigeria. They are widely collected and reused for packaging locally made beverages such as kunu, zobo, fruit juice, and drinking water. While reusing plastic bottles helps reduce environmental pollution and lowers production

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SILENT DEATH BENEATH THE SOIL: The Human and Environmental Cost of Illegal Mining in Plateau State, Nigeria.

Written By Amb. Bootyin Alice PeterSchool of Environmental and Public Health Sciences,Federal College of Veterinary and Medical Laboratory Technology, Vom. Across several communities in Plateau State, Nigeria, the earth is both a source of livelihood and a place of loss and grief. Beneath the soil that once produced tin and columbite for over a century

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