Health Impacts

Health impacts are positive or negative outcomes that affect human health in a population. Some environmental education efforts focus on educating people about:

• Health problems associated with toxins and contaminants in air, water, food, land, and the built environment
• Ways to avoid contact with toxins and contaminants
• Ways to reduce or prevent the introduction of toxins and contaminants to the environment.

Consequently, human health impacts of successful environmental education programs may include declining rates of particular diseases based on improvements in environmental quality, or increased ability of individuals to protect themselves from harmful impacts of toxins and contaminants.