Environmental pollution, a hidden culprit for health issues

The environmental and health impacts from the massive discharge of chemicals and subsequent pollution have been gaining increasing public concern. The unintended exposure to different pollutants, such as heavy metals, air pollutants and organic chemicals, may cause diverse deleterious effects on human bodies, resulting in the incidence and progression of different diseases. The article reviewed the outbreak of environmental pollution-related public health emergencies, the epidemiological evidence on certain pollution-correlated health effects, and the pathological studies on specific pollutant exposure. By recalling the notable historical life-threatening disasters incurred by local chemical pollution, the…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 22193050, 92143301, 22176203
• SP
  Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen
• NK
  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Award: 2018YFA0901101