Environmental Expose and Health Effects

Question 1

Respiratory conditions, cardiovascular disease, lung cancer

Answer 1

Outdoor air pollution

Question 2

Diarrhoeal (Gastrointestinal) illness

Answer 2

Unsafe drinking water

Question 3

Diarrhoeal (Gastrointestinal) illness; eye, ear, nose, and throat infections

Answer 3

Contaminated recreational water

Question 4

Malaria, dengue fever, Rickettsial disease

Answer 4

Mosquitoes, ticks, and other vectors

Question 5

Too much melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer, eye cataracts

Too little vitamin D deficiency, leading ot rickers, osteoporosis and osteomalacia

Answer 5

Ultraviolet Light Exposure

Question 6

In infants: Low birthweight, sudden unexpected death in infance (SUDO)

In children; asthma, lower respiratory infections, middle ear infections

In adults: ischaemic heart disease, stroke, lung cancer

Answer 6

Second-hand some exposure

Question 7

Infectious diseases, including lower respiratory infections

Answer 7

Household crowding

Question 8

Excess mortality

Answer 8

Cold and Damp housing

Question 9

Infectious diseases, including giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis and salmonellosis; heat stroke

Answer 9

Climate change

Question 10

Poisoning, burns, dermatitis

Answer 10

Hazardous substances

Question 11

In children: developmental delays, behavioural problems

In adults: increased blood pressure

Answer 11

Lead

Question 12

Breathing difficulties, lung cancer, mesothelioma

Answer 12

Asbestos

Question 13

Hearing loss, cardiovascular problems, insomnia, psychophysiological problems,

Answer 13

Noise