Environmental ethics of health mission to enugu Nigeria

Godfrey A. Uzochukwu; Mary E. Uzochukwu; Ethelbert Odo

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-88483-7_20

Environmental ethics of health mission to enugu Nigeria

Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, Mary E. Uzochukwu, Ethelbert Odo

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The Enugu USA Medical Mission is a humanitarian year round mission to provide free health care to the people of Enugu State of Nigeria who are underserved and less privileged. The purpose of the Enugu USA Medical Mission is to contribute to solutions that solve health issues. Toxic chemicals contaminate drinking waters, build up in human organs and bones, and become a time bomb that may trigger birth defects, physical disabilities, mental retardation, and other illnesses years after being consumed. After a rain event, raw sewage flows directly into creeks and streams and causes water pollution. A chemical leak produces poisonous gas cloud that pollutes the air. Illegal hazardous and toxic waste dumps are common in Enugu Nigeria. Empty plastic bottles are breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
Publisher	Springer Science and Business media, LLC
Pages	149-153
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9780387884820
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88483-7_20
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	2007 3rd National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology - Greensboro, NC, United States Duration: Sep 12 2007 → Sep 14 2007

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Conference	2007 3rd National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
Country/Territory	United States
City	Greensboro, NC
Period	09/12/07 → 09/14/07

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Uzochukwu, G. A., Uzochukwu, M. E., & Odo, E. (2009). Environmental ethics of health mission to enugu Nigeria. In Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (pp. 149-153). (Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology). Springer Science and Business media, LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88483-7_20

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Environmental ethics of health mission to enugu Nigeria. / Uzochukwu, Godfrey A.; Uzochukwu, Mary E.; Odo, Ethelbert.
Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology. Springer Science and Business media, LLC, 2009. p. 149-153 (Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology).

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