environmental hazards, health, and justice

Question 1

biological, chemical, and or physical factors that threaten the health of humans and other organisms
ex: hurricane Harvey

Answer 1

environmental hazards

Question 2

assessment or control of environmental hazards

Answer 2

environmental health

Question 3

study of the causes and distributions of infectious diseases
ex: tracking cholera in London wells

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epidemiology

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study of the negative effects of substances on an organism

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toxicology

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science and practice to protect and improve health where you live and work

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public health

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when the majority of people are immunized, disease can’t spread as easily

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herd immunity

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respiratory, diarrheal diseases, and blood borne pathogens; all worsened by air and water pollution, overcrowding, and hunger

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biological hazards

Question 8

dependent on dose, metabolism, size, and genetics
additive vs. synergistic, natural vs. synthesized

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chemical hazards

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resistance to breakdown; forever chemicals

Answer 9

persistence of chemicals

Question 10

affect the nervous system
ex: lead

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neurotoxins

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restricts oxygen absorption
ex: carbon monoxide

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asphyxiants

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cause miscarriages, birth defects, or fertility issues
ex: mercury

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reprotoxins

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damage tissues by breaking them down
ex: bleach

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corrosive toxins

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damage DNA causing cancer

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carcinogens

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liver and kidney process toxins to remove them
ex: alcohol

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hepatoxins and nephrotoxins

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registration, evaluation, and authorization, used by the EU to control what chemicals are on the market

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precautionary principle

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manages chemicals in the US, stops things after people have been exposed

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EPA

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chemical hazard to fix a biological hazard; pesticide for mosquitos that damaged bird egg structure

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DDT

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pesticide plant accident in India in 1984, explosion released poisonous gas killing 12,200 people, site is still contaminated, company paid only 54 million

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Union Carbide plant

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1977 in New York, former waste dump that a school and neighborhood were built on leading to major health issues; gave rise to the superfund

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Love Canal

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fund to clean up contaminated sites because companies cannot afford to

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superfund

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meteorological or geological hazards, radiation, or forest fires often caused by other hazards

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physical hazards

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leads to increased floods, droughts, heatwaves, and forest fires as well as expanded disease ranges

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climate change

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Baltimore Maryland redline districts, Navajo uranium mines, hurricane Katrina, Orient road jail FL, and the 2021 Haiti earthquake

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environmental justice sites