Some important issues in environmental health are the issue of clean water, garbage and sanitation. The problem of clean water is the most fatal to our lives. Where every day we need clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing, washing and so forth. With clean water would make us avoid the disease.
There are several things to be the cause of water pollution, among others:
1. Erosion and high rainfall.
2. Number of discarded human waste from the homes or settlements.
3. The spread of chemicals from the home location of the population, agriculture, industry, and so forth.
Increased water pollution, poor sanitation and uncontrolled waste disposal can be a source of advanced disease, such as dengue fever, dysentery, malaria, diarrhea, hepatitis A, cholera, typus, and worms.
So we have to do in tackling water pollution and to avoid the various diseases is by implement clean and healthy lifestyle. Clean and healthy life can be defined as living in an environment of cleanliness and hygiene standards as well as running the pattern / behavior of clean and healthy living. A healthy environment can give effect to the quality of healthcare. Person’s health would be good if the environment around him is also good. Vice versa, a person’s health will become worse if the environment around him is less good.
