Jurnal Ilmiah

THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ON THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Environmental pollution is one of the most influential factors on the
balance of ecosystems and human life. RI Law No. 32 of 2009
concerning environmental management article 1 paragraph 14 states
that, environmental pollution is the entry or inclusion of living things,
substances, energy and/or other components into the environment by
human activities so that they exceed environmental quality standards.
defined life. The implementation of human development is increasing, it
turns out that it can contain the risk of environmental degradation and
destruction, so that the basic structure and function of the ecosystem
can also be damaged because of it. Any activity or activity carried out
including industrial activities will certainly have an impact on the
environment and public health at large. With the large influence of
environmental quality on public health, it is very necessary to develop
environmentally sound development. Basically, environmentally sound
development is development that is able to bring people evenly to
obtain their necessities of life (spiritual and material), including
environmental quality that is suitable for habitation, so that people are
not affected by diseases due to environmental pollution, and natural
resources are increasingly fertile for the survival of the next generation.
This paper will comprehensively describe the effect of environmental
pollution (pollution of water, soil, air, and food) on public health

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