Environmental factors effecting health and well-being?!

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

air quality - When the air you breathe in is polluted, the oxygen that is sent throughout your body includes the toxins that polluted the air to begin with. When you breathe in polluted air, the toxins begin breaking down cellular structures in your lungs and throughout your respiratory system, resulting in chronic respiratory distress.

amount of light - Light deprivation can affect natural physiological rhythms. For example, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), according to the Mayo Clinic, can make people feel depressed when the days get shorter during the winter months. The cycle of day and night, called circadian rhythm, helps regulate the hormone melatonin, and a lack of light can interfere with its production, leading to physiological imbalances. In contrast, an abundance of light is thought to help many common disorders, including SAD. In a technique called "light therapy," doctors use high-powered, daylight colored lights to treat some mental illnesses.

eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4579373_air…
eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_6370338_lighti…

Well virtually anything in the environment can affect your health and well-being. Some of that will be individual to you , other things will affect anyone.

If its working environment you are thinking about then temperature will affect you. For example very hot temperatures in a factory , or underground in a mine can be a major hazard. Dust can be a killer - many miners have died from "miners lung" which is where the lungs became clogged up with fine dust. Same problem with things like slate quarries. Asbestos dust causes asbestosis which is a form of cancer which kills.

Chemicals in teh enviroment can kill or harm. e.g People working on luminous paint for watches died due to overdoses of radioactivity from that paint. Many chemicals are carcinogenic. People are also killed in work by accidents with lethal acids. Hydrofluoric acid can destroy the lungs for example.

Radioactivity can kill. Nuclear reactors are an example of this, but radiographers working regularly with x-rays have to be careful as well.

Lack of drinking water /food/breaks at work can affect your health and well being.

Poor lighting at work can cause a hazard and give you headaches and eye strain.