Natural environmental factors with health-threatening potential.
Skin exposure to ultraviolet radiation continues to increase due to the reduction of the protective ozone layer of the atmosphere and long-distance tourism.
| Cosmic rays from high altitude result in radiation exposure similar to that of nuclear power plant workers for aircrews and frequent flyers on long-haul flights. |
Artificial environmental factors with health-threatening potential.
Environmental pollution from car and industrial exhaust fumes, ozone, electrosmog, pesticides, herbicides, dioxins, wood preservatives (lindane, PCP, PCBs, etc.), formaldehyde (in furniture, paneling, flooring, tobacco smoke, textiles), asbestos, benzene (in paints, varnishes, adhesives, car exhaust fumes), heavy metals (such as arsenic, lead, cadmium, copper, nickel, platinum, mercury), etc.
| Environmental pollution poses a particular threat to health. Thus pollutants form partly in our organism among other things large quantities of so-called free radicals, which can lead to extensive cell damage. |
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Among other things, the environmental factors listed above can cause an individual to have additional vital substance requirements.
