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Nowadays it's easier to maintain health than the past.

Health seems to become an indispensable part of human life nowadays. While many people might advocate that modern people are healthier than people in the past, I personally do no hold it is a correct idea. I, given the chance, would like to endorse that humanity nowadays are not as healthy as people in the past due to environmental pollution, working pressure and moral decline as follows.

To begin with, while people have utilized technology to improve our living standard, human activity does significant harm to environment . As a result, modern human beings are more likely to get sick owing to serious environmental pollutions. Take the air pollution as an example. Recently, Beijing, China's capital, has experienced thick fog and haze since last month. As it reported, you can see less than 200 feet in front of you in some spots. The smog stings resident’s eyes and has lead to a surge in respiratory illness. Some experts argue that air is mainly polluted by modern transportation, especially gas-powered automobiles, as well as electrical generators that burn fossil fuels and pour toxic chemical waste into the air. This makes Beijing’s air less healthy to breathe.

More importantly, people in modern society tend to choose a high-paying job with long hours. This means we need to work overtime and suffer from more stress in order to afford the necessities of ordinary life particularly in metropolitan cities. Such high working pressure is easier to contribute to heath issues. On one hand, this condition will contribute to unpleasant, even hostile relationship of both coworkers and clients , and thus will have negative effect on one’s mood and mental health. On the other hand, one is sure to form unhealthy habits under pressure, including heavy smoking, excessive drinking, staying up etc. these habits are eventually responsible for diseases which didn't happen frequently before such as cancer.

Finally, moral decline is also a crucial factor that does harm to our health. Despite that growing persons have made a big chunk of profits from market economy in China within recent 30 years, they appear to lose their basic morality as mankind for maximizing their profits. For instance, in 2008, at least 6 babies died and 300,000 became sick after being fed infant milk powder that had been deliberately and illegally added one kind of toxic chemical raw material. What surprised nationals was that San Lu Group which produced the polluted milk powder had actually been a top China brand for years.

In a nutshell, I come to the notion that modern people are more difficult to maintain fitness than the past. Apparently, people in the past wouldn’t experience environmental issues, working pressure and moral crisis.