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Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
6. The health impacts of pollution remain enormous, and low- and middle-income countries bear most of the brunt of this burden. Discuss. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
Pollution caused nearly nine million deaths in 2019, or about one in six deaths worldwide. This number had effectively unchanged since the last such analysis in 2015 by the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, according to a report published in The Lancet Planetary Health
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the impact of pollution on health, especially on the low- and middle-income countries.
Directive word:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you must debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You must give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving a statistic regarding the impact of pollution on health.
Body:
First, write the about the impact of pollution on health – Exposure to high levels of pollution can cause a variety of adverse health outcomes. It increases the risk of respiratory infections, heart disease and lung cancer. Both short- and long-term exposure to pollutants have been associated with health impacts etc.
Next, write about the disproportionate impact of pollution on health of people of low- and middle-income countries.
Next, write about the steps that are needed to tackle the above.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
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