Protecting our health is an essential priority to living productive lives. This typically means going to regular check-ups at the doctor and seeking treatment if we’re not feeling well. Another way to protect our health is by making the environment safe.
How Can Pollution Harm You?
When dangerous chemicals seep into the environment, you may not recognize the effects on your health for a while. It could take years for symptoms of an illness to develop.
Let’s investigate what happens when toxic chemicals get into the air. The EPA lists the following health conditions as their greatest concerns:
- Cancer
- Asthma, chronic bronchitis
- Birth defects, miscarriages
- Cough, throat irritation
- Nervous system damage
- Developmental problems in children
- Skin rashes
- Kidney, liver damage
Treatment for these illnesses can be expensive. You may be looking at a future of long-term treatment. Your illness could also be preventing you from returning to work. As you’re dealing with all this, you also are supposed to keep up with other financial responsibilities.
Some of the illnesses may lead to an early death. If you’ve lost a loved one because of an environmentally caused illness, you’re dealing with grief as well as the loss of someone you may have depended on financially. You shouldn’t have to worry about how you’ll afford rent or mortgage bills when past medical expenses start arriving in the mail. This can be too much to handle on your own, which is why our lawyers will help you get the compensation you deserve.
