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Impact Of Improper Waste Disposal On Animal Health: An Exploration Through Environmental Toxicology
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This environmental toxicology commentary examines how improper solid waste disposal harms the health of stray animals in urban environments, discussing exposure to toxic waste materials including plastics and heavy metals and advocating for improved waste management.
God has given equal rights and access to human and animals in his creation. Not only human beings all other living things in this world have equal rights to enjoy this nature and environment and their surroundings. But why are human beings so indifferent to these animals especially to the stay dogs, cats and other pitiable animals in their surroundings.? If they are not able to give proper food and shelter it is their wish , but they don’t have any rights to contaminate the environment with all nonsense toxics, and toxic waste. They don't let the stray creature have peace of life. Improper disposal of plastic waste and other harmful substances also leads to great consequences for animals. Badly managed landfills in urban and rural areas harm animals that frequent these locations, which end up eating plastic and other hazardous materials, resulting in injuries, malnutrition, and a host of diseases. Environmental toxicology is an important field because it studies the effects of these materials on ecosystems and animal health. Consumption of Plastic and Hazardous Waste by Animals: Moving in the Right Direction but Too Slow With Sustainable Waste Management .This paper will explain how the state of research and existing gaps and address the need for waste management as an environmental and public health priority.
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