Question

For this discussion board, I want you to consider how climate change raises temperatures and makes smog pollution worse, triggering asthma attacks and permanently damaging and reducing lung function. These conditions fall most heavily on our most vulnerable communities, including children, older adults, those with serious health conditions and the poor. Please respond to the below questions in sufficient detail with relevant and appropriate references (per APA guidelines). You are allowed to respond in bullet points or numbers to reflect the respective question you are answering: 1) As someone working in the public health field, what actions would you take to ensure that we reduce carbon pollution and other harmful pollutants that cause respiratory and cardiovascular disease? 2) Would you support funding to help public health leaders develop plans to protect their communities from the health impacts of climate change?

Answer 1

Answer: Due to the air pollution there are many air borne diseases as well as respiratory tract infection occurs. It is necessary to reduce the level of the air pollution.

Some of the actions that can be taken to reduce the pollution are:

• Decrease the use of the automobiles as the gases coming out from it causes respiratory disease. Using the cycle for short distance travelling can be more effective to prevent pollutants.
• Not to burn the plastics as the plastic contains harmful chemicals and when it burnt it produces toxic gases which is highly harmful for people.
• Planting more and more trees and maintaining the garden can help to reduce the pollution as due to increase in the population, a number of trees has been cut down to build houses and companies which causes lack of oxygen. Planting trees can reduce the pollution by providing oxygen.
• Creating awareness among people about the adverse climate change which can cause major illness.

I will definitely support the funding to help the public health leader to develop the plan to protect their communities from health impact of climate change.