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The environment is where we live, develop every day, is the space to live for many kinds of animals and plants in nature. However, today due to the bad consciousness of people, the environment is becoming increasingly polluted. It is this environmental pollution that is directly threatening the health and existence of people, animals and plants on Earth.

In recent years, the world's economy is developing strongly, social life has been greatly improved. But parallel with those achievements are invisible harms, but they leave extremely dangerous consequences for people's lives. That harm is the loss of living environment and natural resources. The strong development of industry entails a series of harmful effects such as: waste in the production process is discharged into the environment but has not been treated yet, smoke is emitted from factories, and then to serve the industry. The production that humans have over-exploited allows natural resources, thereby causing ecological degradation, causing environmental pollution. The living environment here means including natural elements such as: water, air, trees, land... are factors that play a very important role in human's life. Therefore, if this factor is affected, it will directly threaten the existence of humans as well as of animals and plants in nature.

Not only is the air environment polluted, but wastewater in industry and daily life has not been treated, but it is directly discharged into the environment, causing heavy water pollution. The water environment is quite sensitive, as long as one area of ​​water is contaminated, there is a risk of spreading to many other areas such as lakes, rivers, and streams in the surrounding area. Polluted water environment not only makes fish, shrimp, aquatic species die but also endangers humans because polluted water is the source of water for human daily life, thereby causing many diseases. strange diseases of the skin, respiratory tract, especially cancer. 

The above jobs are enough for us to know how polluted the earth is and harmful to health. Let's take a look at some typical diseases:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Exposure to particulate pollutants (dust) can cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). According to WHO, air pollution causes 43% of COPD cases and deaths worldwide.

COPD is a group of diseases that cause difficulty in breathing, such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. These diseases block the airways and make it difficult for the person to breathe. There is no cure for COPD, but treatment can help relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.

Lung cancer

According to WHO, air pollution causes 29% of all lung cancer cases and deaths. Particle pollutants are likely to contribute significantly to this number because their small size allows them to reach the lower respiratory tract.

Heart-related diseaes

Research shows that living in an area with higher levels of air pollution can increase your risk of dying from a stroke. Air pollution can cause strokes and heart attacks.

A 2018 review noted that the Global Burden of Disease Study estimated that air pollution was responsible for 19% of cardiovascular deaths in 2015. It is also responsible for about 21% of deaths. deaths from stroke and 24% of deaths from coronary heart disease.

Thus, our living environment is being seriously threatened because of the current state of environmental pollution, so to protect the living environment is also to protect human life, we need to improve the quality of life. awareness of environmental protection, propagandize for friends, relatives and people in society to join hands to protect the environment. Only then will our living environment become clean and beautiful.

In recent years, the mass media have been reporting so much on environmental issues, attracting a great deal of attention from the public. In Vietnam, the most recently representative event is the mass death of fish from Ha Tinh province to Quang Tri province, causing huge damage to the government till hundreds of billion Dong, affecting the lives of inhabitants here. Not only Vietnam, some other countries in the region and in the world also suffer from severe environmental pollution. For example, in Beijing, China, the amount of air pollution is in excess of the permitted level, most of people here have to live with respiratory diseases. To overcome this current issue, the governments of many governments have the different measures to minimize the amount of pollution emitted to the environment. Many activities have been encouraged such as recycling, reusing, reforestation, waste collection, using alternative energy and so on. There have been a number of global campaigns to raise awareness of citizens like the Earth Hour with slogans, posters such as 'Protect our Earth', 'Green Environment', etc. In Vietnam, the government has also passed many laws fining heavily the organizations and individuals. Step by step, we are trying our best to protect the environment, turning the Earth into a wonderful place to live. Hope that in the future, the environmental pollution will no longer be a concern.

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