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John Snow (physician) Snow was a skeptic of the then-dominant miasma theory that stated that diseases such as cholera or the Black Death were caused by pollution or a noxious form of "bad air".

1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak Snow was a skeptic of the then-dominant miasma theory that stated that diseases such as cholera or the Black Death were caused by pollution or a noxious form of "bad air".

Pollution Ozone pollution can cause respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, throat inflammation, chest pain, and congestion.

Citizen and consumer movements in Japan In the late 1960s, industrial pollution, symbolized by the suffering of victims of mercury poisoning (Minamata disease) caused by the pollution of Minamata Bay in Kumamoto Prefecture by a chemical company, was viewed as a national crisis.

Minamata disease In September 1966 a report was issued proving Showa Denko's pollution to be the cause of this second Minamata disease.

In the Ocean of Night Nigel's partner, Alexandria, has developed systemic lupus erythematosus, an oft-fatal disease caused by pollution.

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    Pollution

    Ozone pollution can cause respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, throat inflammation, chest pain, and congestion. Water pollution causes approximately 14,000 deaths per day, mostly due to contamination of drinking water by untreated sewage in developing countries.
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    Minamata disease

    A follow-up study ten years later discovered that many had died from "unknown causes". ... In September 1966 a report was issued proving Showa Denko's pollution to be the cause of this second Minamata disease.
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    List of dog diseases

    It causes progressive vision loss culminating in blindness. ... Salmon poisoning disease is a fatal disease of dogs caused by infection with a type of rickettsia, either Neorickettsia helminthoeca or Neorickettsia elokominica.
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    Passive smoking

    Scientific evidence shows that exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke causes disease, disability, and death. ... ↑ "Health effects of indoor air pollution".
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    Poliomyelitis

    Poliomyelitis is caused by infection with a member of the genus Enterovirus known as poliovirus (PV). ... PV infects and causes disease in humans alone.
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    Disease

    In human beings,"disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes extreme pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. ... Some diseases such as cancer, heart disease and mental disorders are , in most cases, not considered to be caused by infection (see Non infectious disease), although there are important exceptions.
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    Water pollution

    It has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases, and that it accounts for the deaths of more than 14,000 people daily. ... Water pollution has many causes and characteristics.
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    History of emerging infectious diseases

    Giardiasis is a disease caused by infection with the protozoan Giardia lamblia. ... Cyclospora is a gastrointestinal pathogen that causes fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and severe weight loss.
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    Indoor air pollution in developing nations

    Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the leading causes of disease and death from exposure to smoke. ... Randomized exposure study of pollution indoors and respiratory effects (RESPIRE)..
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    Inflammatory diseases of unknown etiology

    Historically, many inflammatory diseases of unknown etiology have turned out to be caused by autoimmunity, genetic predisposition, allergy, neurodegeneration, or infection. ... Graves' disease is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that causes hyperthyroidism.

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