HEALTH, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL IMPACTS OF ODOUR PRODUCING INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS ON MAN

This article engages with several important issues regarding the health and psychological impacts of odour producing industrial emissions on man using different countries as case study. It provides a brief description on what odour is, its characterization, factors that comprise the pattern of environmental odour impacts and methods of odour measurement. This is followed by the health effect of odour emissions on the respiratory system, olfactory system and cerebral system as well as its psychological effect such as annoyance, dizziness, depressive mood and stress. Countries were used as case study to assess the level of these impacts on residents based on the complaints received from different agencies responsible for environmental protection in such countries. The bill right coupled with the level of compliance to these laws were also examined in this article. Finally, the article concludes with a set of recommendations to mitigate or totally eradicate odour pollution in the environment.