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Personal health Populations, resources, and environments Natural hazards Risks and benefits Science and technology in societ..

Personal health Populations, resources, and environments Natural hazards Risks and benefits Science and technology in societ..

Simply stated, Green chemistry is the use of chemistry for preventing environment pollution in order to protect human health. It may give the impression that it is branch of chemistry involving plants, which is not true. Green chemistry may be defined as the design of new chemical product..

The common diseases are syphilis and gonorrhoea. Syphilis is characterized by sores around the anus, vagina, penis, lips, fingers, nipples, etc. In the later stages it results in fever and skin rashes. If untreated, it can result in insanity, heart damage or blindness. Gonorrhoea is characterized ..

Commercial manufacture and use of synthetic insecticides in the last six decades has led to many problems such as Air pollution during manufacturing stages. Bhopal gas disaster is a worst example for air pollution. Accidental ingestion of insecticides during handling and application leading t..

. In the long-term, radioactive fallout occurs over a wider area because of prevailing winds. The radioactive fallout particles enter the water supply and are inhaled and ingested by people at a distance from the blast. Scientists have studied survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings to und..