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Reflections on the historical and anthropocentric evolution of the concept of environmental health

Abstract:

Environmental health is a multifactorial concept, developed by interdisciplinary achievement born in light of multidynamic understandings of its determining factors. These aspects that make it up, make the concept of environmental health a multifactorial combination of knowledge developed over time and that are the basis of this conceptual construction, enriched in the light of the understanding of man, his interrelationships with the environment and his determining role in its preservation, for the benefit of present and future generations. This critical evaluation of our role as a species in the control and care of the environment has favored the awareness that our actions are decisive in compensating for the damage done, where factors such as air pollution, water, the deposition of hazardous waste, among others, is causing damage and significantly affecting the health of the population, with repercussions worldwide. On the other hand, this awareness is generating very positive actions in favor of the environment, giving due constitutional recognition that Mother Earth deserves, being recognized in the constitution of the Republic of Ecuador as a Subject of Law and not as an Object. , as a contribution of the Latin American countries to the profound transformations that the current world requires in terms of environmental health, for the direct benefit of the public health of the planet and all the living beings that inhabit it.