Journal d'écosystème et d'écographie

Abstrait

Editorial on Environmental Hazard

Gobene Tafere

An environmental hazard could also be a substance, state or event which has the potential to threaten the encircling natural environment or adversely affect people's health, including pollution and natural disasters such as storms and earthquakes. It can include any single or combination of toxic chemical, biological, or physical agents within the environment, resulting from human activities or natural processes, which will impact the health of exposed subjects, including pollutants like heavy metals, pesticides, biological contaminants, toxic industrial waste , industrial and residential chemicals.