result in negative environmental impacts and health risks. Globally, over 200 infectious and
noncommunicable diseases, 600 million patient illnesses and 2 million deaths result from
microbial and chemical contaminations of food and water. In some developing countries,
chemical-related diseases (eg,“itai-itai”,“chloracne” and “yusho”) have been reported. In
2012, 23% of the global deaths and 22% of the disabilities were attributed to environmental …