Health
About Environmental Health
The natural world around us provides us with basic services, such as food and water; regulating services, such as flood and disease control; and supporting services, such as nutrient cycling that maintains the conditions for life on Earth. Changes to these natural services, as a consequence of changes in the environment, affect human well-being through impacts on food security and other basic materials that sustain life and good health.
The world’s poorest people depend primarily on environmental goods-and-services for their livelihoods, which make them particularly sensitive and vulnerable to environmental changes. Even more importantly, many communities in both developing and developed countries derive their income from environmental resources, which include fisheries, non-timber forest products and wildlife. When these environmental resources are threatened, the general livelihoods of the population are also threatened. Browse the materials below to see how your health and well-being can be affected by harmful changes to our environmental resources, as well as what changes you can make to promote a more healthy surrounding environment in your area.
United Nations Environmental Programme
How Are Changes In My Local Environment
Affecting Air Quality, Drinking Water,
Food Quality, and Our Animal and Plant Habitats?
Air Quality Index for Rochester, MN
Children’s Environmental Health in Minnesota
Environmental Health in Olmsted County
Minnesota Department of Health
MN Department of Health Environmental Health Fact Sheet
What is the proper way to dispose of my
expired medications and other pharmaceutical waste?
How to Get Rid of Pharmaceutical Waste Fact Sheet
How Can I Make My Home Environment More Safe?
Benefits of green cleaning ,product recommendations and new stories: Center for a New American Dream
Cleaning for Health: Products and Practices for a Safer Indoor Environment
Healthy Homes: Is Your Home Safe From Contaminants?
Reducing toxins in your home fact sheet
Video: Easy Green Housekeeping with Kelley Moore
Easy tips for using natural cleaners and reducing your use of toxic cleaners.
How Can I Help Ensure the Well-Being
of Natural Spaces in My Area?
Promote the continued support of your local parks and trails by visiting them frequently!
Olmsted County Parks Information
Rochester City Parks Information
Think Green!
Promote your own well-being while reducing harmful emissions to the atmosphere by riding your bike and walking frequently rather than using motorized transport.
Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee of Olmsted County (BPAC)
Share the Road: Bicycle Safety Education