Environmental Pollution and Climate Change Impacts on Human Health with Particular Reference to Brain: A Review

Abstract

The environment has a profound impact on all living beings, be it plants, animals, or humans. The physical and social environment is an important factor to shaping our lives and determining health, along with our genetic makeup and personal characteristics. A healthy environment instills confidence, safety, good health, and peace of mind, leading to a healthy growth and better contributions as individu-als toward society, communities, and their ecosystems. The environment starts impacting our brain right from the beginning of the human existence, i.e., through adequate nutrition to the fetus in the womb during pregnancy, which ensures brain stimulation