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people. Food allergies and medicinal allergies can sometimes be life threatening. Other than food allergies, allergies can arise from hobbies such as gardening, as when handling certain plants. Allergies can also be toys that children like, such as soft toys, when these people have asthma.

Now, lets consider the long term health risks that we possibly face from our environment. These are mostly chemical reaction between the food we eat and also in our body. We cannot see these reactions nor can we see germs which are harmful to our bodies. We need to drink water everyday. The water source is a place where chemical reactions can take place. From water pipe to our home, it is at home then we can have control of water handling. Plastic bottles are known to cause chemical reactions to the water we drink. These 'plastic' that we constantly associate with is actually carcinogenic. Cookingwares and bakewares, nowadays also contains various types of coatings for 'non-sticking' purposes. However, some coating are known to interact with the food we eat too. At home, no matter how much precaution you take, but when you have meals at public places such as hawker centres or restaurants, you have no control over what sort of containers and cookingwares they use for cooking!

Besides food, people who smoke will have extra health risks imposed upon themselves through long-term harm to their lungs. People who are constantly in association with external foreign objects, besides cigarettes, can be hair dyes, cements, etc Constant use of hair dyes can cause people to suffer from cancer in the long term. People who are in the construction or contractor industry, especially those handling abestos have an increase risks of developing cancer in the long run too. All these reactions are accumulative and the symptoms of the disease only shows after many years! Likewise, diseases such as hepatitis and aids are known only after many years.

So you can see, health risk is really everywhere. It is impossible to say everything here. There are too much to be mentioned. The things like chopping board, cups, cosmetics that we are in contact with everyday are actually all health risks that you are not aware of! Though you can reduce it on your part, you really cannot totally omit it because you have no control over other areas. Sometimes, because of survival, such as hairdressers, contractors, they have to face these occupational hazards risks. This is just parts and parcels of life that we need to face. Since health risks is everywhere, knowledge of health is importance to reduce risks.

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