ABSTRACT
The environment, which sustains the life of all living organisms, can also be a significant cause of ill health. As discussed in the previous chapter, increasing industrialization, expanding technology and economics, coupled in recent decades with growing world population, have radically changed, and are still changing, our environment. Some of the marked changes include global climate changes, increased air and water pollution, acid rain, mounting quantities of solid waste, destruction of the ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and the presence of a growing number of endocrine disrupters in the environment. These changes have profound impacts on the health and wellbeing of living organisms.
