ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL EXPOSURE AND AWARENESS PROGRAM TO REDUCE THESE EFFECTS

Document Type : Review Article

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1 1- Postgraduate student, Department of Environmental Medical Sciences, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Environmental Research, Ain Shams University.

2 Faculty of Graduate Studies and Environmental Research, Ain Shams University.

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Scientific and technological progress in recent times, especially since the beginning of the current century, has led to the spread of pollutants in the environment surrounding man. Due to the impact of this pollution on human health, man should study the nature of these pollutants and be aware of them, and realize the importance of controlling environmental waste that leads to dangerous diseases. Therefore, the current study aimed to increase environmental awareness towards environmental pollutants. The study questions fall on how to increase environmental awareness about environmental pollutants?, And the current study belongs to the descriptive studies, using the social survey method by sample for students at the Faculty of Social Work and the Faculty of Science at Fayoum University, using the environmental awareness scale. By applying to the Faculty of Social Work and Science at Fayoum University, "200 students at Fayoum University distributed as follows = (100 students from the theoretical faculty, which is the Faculty of Social Work, Fayoum University + (100 students from the practical faculty, which is the Faculty of Science, Fayoum University)." Attitudes as a whole related to the extent of environmental awareness came with an average weight of (1.84) and an estimated rate of (61.33%), which is an average level.
Keywords for research: environmental pollution, heavy metals, environmental awareness.

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Journal of Environmental Science
Volume 52, Issue 8 - Serial Number 8
Part 5: Midecal Sciences
August 2023
Pages 1-28

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