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study and management of environmental conditions that affect our health and well-being. It is a branch of public health that focuses on the relationships between people and their environment, and promotes human health and well-being.

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Environmental Health

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identify and evaluate environmental hazards and their sources.

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Environmental health specialists

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potential threat to humans and welfare. It is best viewed as a naturally-
occuring or human-induced process or event with the potential to create loss.

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Hazard

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likelihood or probability of a hazard occurring or creating loss

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Risk

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social phenomena that occur when a community suffers exceptional levels of disruption and loss due to natural processes or technological accidents.

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Disasters

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potential threats facing human society by events that originate in, and are transmitted through, the environment.

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Environmental hazards

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meant that these risks can be altered or mitigated

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Preventable

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Three major categories of environmental hazards

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Natural hazards, Technological hazards, context hazards

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naturally occurring phenomena or events that produce/release energy in amounts that exceed human endurance, causing injury, disease, or death.

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Natural hazards

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earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and avalanches

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Geologic

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Tropical cyclones, tornadoes, hail, ice and snow

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Atmosphere

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River floods, coastal floods

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Hydrologic

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Epidemic diseases, wildfires

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Biologic

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may be defined as that part of the environment made or modified by humans and used for their activities.

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Anthrosphere

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housing, commerce, education, manufacturing and other activities

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Dwellings

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roads, railroads, airports and waterways

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Transportation

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Water, fuel, and electricity distribution systems

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Utilities

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telephone lines or radio transmitters

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Communication

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Automobiles, airplanes, farm machinery

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Machinery

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Mines and oil wells

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Industry

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major accidents that involve the anthrosphere

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Technological hazards

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Car crashes, plane crashes, ship wrecks

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Transport accidents

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Structural collapse, fires, failure in utility systems

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Infrastructure failure

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Hazardous material accidents, chemical spills, factory explosions

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Industrial hazards

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environmental hazards that bring about global environmental change.

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Context hazards

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introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.

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Pollution

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contaminants are referred to as

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Pollutants

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garbage, refuse, sludge, and other discarded solid materials.

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Solid waste

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Percent of solid waste that can be traced in agriculture, mining and gas oil production and industry

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95-98%

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Percent of municipal solid waste (MSW), comprises the waste generated by households, businesses, and institutions (e.g., schools) located within municipalities

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2-5%

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solid waste with properties that make it dangerous or potentially harm-
ful to human health or the environment and, therefore, requires special management and disposal.

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Hazardous waste

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certain wastes, including batteries, mercury- containing instruments, and fluorescent light bulbs, fall into the category of

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Universal (hazardous) wastes

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hazardous components, such as polyvinylchloride, brominated flame retardants, lead, and mercury.

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Electronic waste (e-waste)

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the contamination of the air by substances—gases, liquids, or solids—in amounts great enough to harm humans, the environment, or that alter climate.

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Air pollution

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single most dangerous air pollutant.

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Ozone

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When nitrogen is released during fuel combustion it combines with oxygen atoms

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Nitrogen oxide

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found in fumes produced in burning fuel in cars or trucks, small engines, stoves, lanterns, grills, fireplaces, gas ranges, or furnaces.

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Carbon monoxide

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mixture of solids or liquid droplets in the air that are categorized by coarse fraction and fine fraction

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Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5)

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contains the larger particles with a size ranging from 2.5 to 10 μm

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Coarse fraction

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contains the smaller ones with a size up to 2.5 μm

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Fine fraction

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naturally occurring mineral fiber that was previously used for insulation and fireproofing material

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Asbestos

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another indoor air pollutant, which can be associated with allergic reactions and respiratory difficulties, such as asthma.

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Mold

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secondhand smoke, includes both main- stream smoke (the smoke inhaled and exhaled by the smoker) and sidestream tobacco smoke (the smoke that comes off the end of a burning tobacco product).

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Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS),

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dense, colorless, odorless noble gas that occurs naturally in the soil as the product
of the radioactive decay of radium; it is a decay product of uranium and thorium, which occur
naturally in the Earth’s crust.

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Radon

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physical or chemical change in water that can harm living organisms or make it unfit for other uses, such as drinking, domestic use, recreation, fishing, industry, agriculture, or transportation.

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Water pollution

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refers to a single identifiable source that discharges pollutants into the water, such as a pipe, ditch, or culvert.

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Point source pollution

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occurs through the runoff, seepage, or falling of pollutants into the water

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Nonpoint source pollution

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Viruses, bacteria, parasites

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Biological pollutants

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Inorganic chemicals, industrial solvents, pesticides, herbicides

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Non-biological Pollutants

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process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves.

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Radiation

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