Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.
Hospital Hygiene Unit, "Galliera Hospital", Italy.
J Prev Med Hyg. 2024 Jan 1;64(4):E493-E498. doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2023.64.4.3156. eCollection 2023 Dec.
Recent years have seen increasingly severe natural disasters, the consequences of which have been catastrophic. Clearly, our global environment is undergoing major changes. The climate is becoming deranged and pollution on a global scale afflicts air, water, and land. We are faced with an unprecedented shortage of cultivable land and fresh water for drinking, irrigation, and livestock farming, while our marine systems are breaking down. These environmental changes have a very high anthropogenic component; they are induced by human activities that are potentially dangerous for both the environment and human life. Moreover, not only do they have an enormous impact on the environments in which we live and on our way of life, they also have harmful effects on our health. Indeed, we must understand that our body - as Hippocrates explained long ago - is a system that constantly interacts with the surrounding environment.
近年来，自然灾害日益严重，其后果是灾难性的。显然，我们的全球环境正在发生重大变化。气候变得紊乱，全球范围内的污染影响着空气、水和土地。我们面临着前所未有的可耕地和饮用水、灌溉和畜牧业用水短缺，而我们的海洋系统正在崩溃。这些环境变化具有很强的人为因素；它们是由人类活动引起的，这些活动对环境和人类生命都有潜在的危险。此外，它们不仅对我们生活的环境和生活方式产生巨大影响，而且对我们的健康也有有害影响。事实上，我们必须明白，正如希波克拉底很久以前所解释的那样，我们的身体是一个与周围环境不断相互作用的系统。
