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AN ENVIRONMENT FOR HEALTHY LIVING OUR ENVIRONMENT The enuironment is composed of three interacting components namely Physical, Biological and Social. Some Human Actions are mainly responsible for pollution of the physical, biological and social environments. A polluted enuironment has adverse effects on the Quality of Life and Man's Health. Conservation of the Enuironment and Protection of Natural Resources urill restore and ensure our health. Avoid pollution of Water Let us prevent chemical fertilizers, artifical pesticides and factory effluents polluting umter. Let us prevent disease causing organisms polluting soil and water by practicing hygenically accepted toilet habits Avoid consumption of polluted water to be healthy Avoid pollution of Air Let us take appropriate steps to prevent the pollution of air from smoke emanating from factories and motor vehicles Let us auoid burning of kitchen tuaste and garden refuse Let us reduce the accumulation of dust particles in the enuironment. Let us groiu more and more trees to maintain CLEAN AIR Let us prevent the increase of insect vectors in the enuironment Mosquitoes are a threat to health Anopheles Culex M o s q u i t o e s \ _ si.fiSSiS>> Flies are a threat to health tuaste ujater to minimise breeding of Mosquitoes mm. Let us maintain a compost pit to conuert household ivaste, garbage and garden refuse to organic manure for use in Home gardens Prevent breeding of flies and Mosquitoes Publ ished by t h e Central Environmental Authority Ministry of Transport Environment & Women's Affairs Prepared with the assistance of the National Institute of Education! * i SPONSORED BY UNICEF 1# ASSISTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION BUREAU AND GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION. ART WORK NandasM Bttdd^gamaga Baddig Printed by Siri Printers Co lombo 10. 

An environment for healthy living

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