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o a country where a disease is spreading. This will of course lead to a decrease in the country’s revenue since it is so highly dependent on tourism.

If larger countries cannot get medication it is just a matter of time for us here to be on the same page. As a small island we are already finding it quite difficult to get the different medications needed to aid in recover/recuperation process, so when the problem of limited medication arises, we need to start getting worried about what is going to happen to us. If these big countries with much more money than we could ever dream of is finding it difficult to get these drugs than the chances of us sourcing limited supplies is even more difficult for us. It is already a problem of finding medical practitioners in Grenada to perform certain operations so persons needing medical treatment and travelling overseas to receive it will not be able to receive the necessary treatment if there is no drug in the larger countries.

Health issues could also cause a lack of productivity of employees in any business. This is especially common during cold and flu season, with many persons being infected with the cold this would mean that the job which they are supposed to be doing will not be done until the person is well enough to return to work, and consequently the amount of money that could have been made as a result of the employees being there to do their job would also decrease.

What is the connection between both issues?

The correlation between the issues of the environment and health is quite simple; it is because of environmental issues that some health related issues even exist and using the two environmental issues highlighted above there can be more than enough health problems arising from them.

Environmental health refers to the characteristics of the health of humans that may be influenced by environmental factors. It also includes the Assessment of the factors that would have an effect on human health (Environmental and Health Fund, 2010).

It is a known fact that pollution not only has negative impacts on the health of humans but it also threatens the life of plants and animals alike. Through the release of toxic materials in the land this is poisoning the plants and also the animals in the soil as well as those that feed on the plants. As for humans, we also depend on plants for food so depending on if the contaminated plant is a source of food supply then this means that these toxins are getting into our bodies and this can lead to various health issues and in extreme conditions, death. This is also very true in the case of water pollution, for in the case of the BP’s oil spill, an article entitled Gulf Oil spill was released which read: Scientist assesses health effects from the L.A. Times environmental newspaper, Greenpeace, written by Amina Khan stated that scientist and natural Resource Defense Council has indicated that the oil spill will have health effects on seafood and humans that are more extensive than expected. The article also stated that in an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, an examination of the possible effects of the oil spill on workers and, residents and seafood that comes from the gulf of Mexico was been done (Khan, 2010).

They pointed that crude oil releases chemicals into the atmosphere and once inhaled the