Recently the Lagos state government placed a ban on Styrofoam and other single-use plastic products. The ban aims to curtail the environmental menace these products constitutes in the State. Widely used throughout the State by canteens, cafeterias and other types of food sellers serving the 20- million population of the one of the most densely…
The climate-health crisis At the United Nation Climate Change Conference summits, the World Health Organization through a sculpture representing human lungs in the Health Pavilion emphasised one climate-related health danger—air pollution—in the summit’s official Blue Zone.[1] The World Health Organization has called climate change the biggest health threat facing humanity. From extreme heat to air pollution and…
Climate change has numerous implications for public health. Its negative impact on food, water, and clean air access increases the severity or frequency of health problems already exacerbated by climate or weather variables and generates new problems in regions where they have never been before. It also contributes to the spread of infectious diseases and…