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Bioaccumulation

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  • Refers to both uptake of dissolved chemicals from water and uptake from ingested food and sediment.
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Agent that causes Chloracne ?

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Dioxin

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Primary air pollutants?

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  • SO2 (sulfur dioxide)
  • NO (Nitrogen oxides)
  • CO (Carbon monoxide)
  • Lead
  • Ozone
  • Particulates (PM)
    (NOx & SOx are from L.O.P, Co)
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Stages of portable water tx?

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  1. Aeration - gas out
  2. Coagulation
  3. Flocculation
  4. Sedimentation
    2.3.4 - decrease bacterial burden up to 90%
  5. Filtration
  6. Disinfection - chlorination
    Residual of chlorine for residential supplies > 0.2 mg /L
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Recommendation on Fluoridation concentration?

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0.7ppm

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A fluoride concentration of 1.0 ppm can reduce incidence of dental caries by ? %

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50-79%

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Component of risk assessment

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  1. Hazard identification (HI)
  2. Dose-response assessment (DR)
  3. Exposure Assessment (EA)
  4. Risk characterization (RC)
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Biological oxygen demand?

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A measure of organic content in water.
The greater the demand, the greater the load of organic content that can be broken down, reflecting a high bacterial load.

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Treated sewage has a DOB of

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10-20 mg/l

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Untreated freshwater has a BOD of

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25 mg/l

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Domestic sewage has a BOD of

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200-500 mg/l

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Industrial sewage has a BOD of

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> 2000 mg/l

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To monitor the safety of freshwater

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Enterococcus or

E. Coli criteria

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To monitor the safety of saltwater

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Enterococcus criteria

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Leading cause of unintentional poison death in US?

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CO

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Secondary air pollutants

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  • Formed after subsequent chemical reactions

- eg. Peroxyacetyl nitrate

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Greatest single contributor to urban air pollutions is

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Automobile.

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In terms of tons of material emitted annually, in Industry, Automobiles, Electric power generators, and Refuse disposal

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Automobiles contributes the most. Overall, 60% of air pollution comes from transportation.

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The major US source of sulfur oxide air pollution is Electric power generation

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Electric power generation accounts for approximately 40% of SOx emissions in the US.

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Three primary process responsible for air pollution are

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  1. Vaporization
  2. Attrition (in the wearing or grinding down of materials)
  3. Combustion

“VAC”

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Troposphere

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  • 12 mile layer that contains most of the air mass

- most of the pollution is also concentrated in the troposphere

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Nitrogen dioxide

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  • Accounts for the brown haze of photochemical smog
  • it reacts with organic molecules to form oxidants such as peroxyacetyl nitrate
  • it also penetrates deep into the lung where it hydrolyzes to form nitric acid
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SOx caused corrosion of buildings and statues

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SOx reacts in air with moisture to form sulfuric and sulfurous acids which are corrosive

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Aldehyde is the most reactive of organic compounds of common air pollutants

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The finctional group of aldehyde is the carbonyl group (C=O) which makes these highly reactive

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primary contributor to the formation of smog are?

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Olefins (also called alkene)

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Factors affect the dispersion of smoke plumes from a stack

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  1. Terrain
  2. Height of the stack
  3. Building nearby

Relative humidity does not affect the dispersion of the smoke plumes significantly.

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The major source of sulfur dioxide pollution is from?

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Coal fired electric power generation

- coal contains sulfur which, when burned, produced sulfur dioxide

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The three terms used to describe plumes in air pollution are ?

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  1. Fanning
  2. Looping
  3. Coning
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Carbon dioxide

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Leads to a Greenhouse effect by causing the atmosphere to retain more of the heat from the sun.

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Major contributor to carbon monoxide pollution is ?

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  • Transportation, which results in 69% of CO pollution

- Industrial processes are second

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Eutrophication

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The process in which an excess of essential elements causes a plant population explosion, leading to serious degradation of water quality.
Eutrophication is most common in lakes and ponds.

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The most common cause of indoor air quality problem is

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Poor ventilation

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The concentration of CO2 often associated with indoor air quality complaints is greater than?

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1000 ppm

The Symptoms observed are not thought to be caused by the CO2, rather the CO2 is an indicator of the buildup of other materials in the indoor air.

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Inside a well ventilated building, CO2 level is usually about ?

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The ACGIH v for CO2 is

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Hydrogen peroxide is best for killing

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Bacterial spores

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Phenol, alcohol, and halogens such as iodine are not effective against

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Bacterial spores

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EPA recommends remediation for homes with radon levels at or above ?

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Radon

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Accounts for the single largest source of ionizing radiation exposure in US, it account about 55%.

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A Risk-Specific Dose (RSD)

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  • RDS is a dose that corresponds to a specific level of risk to an individual of contracting cancer over a 70-year lifetime due to the intake of contaminated drinking water.
  • RDS applies to carcinogens
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A Reference Dose (RfD)

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  • An RfD is an estimate of daily exposure of human population, including sensitive groups, to a substance that would not represent an appreciable risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime.
  • RfD applies to non-carcinogens.
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WHO IARC classification

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Group 1: carcinogenic to human
Group 2A: probable
Group 2B: possible 
Group 3: not classifiable
Group 4: probably not
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WHO IARC classification

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Group 1: carcinogenic to human
Group 2A: probable
Group 2B: possible 
Group 3: not classifiable
Group 4: probably not
43
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Most effective engineered water purification system for elimination of cryptosporidium is ?

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Filtration

  • slow sand, rapid granular, or membrane filtration is the most effective water treatment methods to remove cryptosporidium, as they are not destroyed by disinfection.
  • high turbidity may affect the ability of filtration
  • boiling is not an engineered water sanitation process, but it is the simplest effective method if the water is contaminated or has not been treated adequately.
  • the water intended for drinking should be boiled for 1 min
  • immunosuppressed persons, such as HIV, are particularly at risk of severe infection
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Most effective engineered water purification system for elimination of cryptosporidium is ?

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Filtration

  • slow sand, rapid granular, or membrane filtration is the most effective water treatment methods to remove cryptosporidium, as they are not destroyed by disinfection.
  • high turbidity may affect the ability of filtration
  • boiling is not an engineered water sanitation process, but it is the simplest effective method if the water is contaminated or has not been treated adequately.
  • the water intended for drinking should be boiled for 1 min
  • immunosuppressed persons, such as HIV, are particularly at risk of severe infection
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PCBs

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  • birth defects

- live cancer

46
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Temperatures Inversions

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  • In inversion layer, Tm increase with height (normally Tm decreases with height)
  • traps pollutants close to earth surface
  • most common cause of air pollution disasters
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Milwaukee Spring 1993 - 403,000 cases of Cryptosporidium due to?

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Filtration failure

- Cryptosporidium oocysts are resistant to chloride treatment.

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Public health response in disaster

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Needs assessment within 24-48 hrs for natural disasters/sudden pact events

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Population health needs in disasters

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Potable water: 15-20 liter/person /day

Drinking water: 3 liter/person/day

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