BE.104 Spring
Environetics; Cause and Effect
J. L. Sherley
Outline
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Environetics
II.
Cause-Effect Determination
I. ENVIRONETICS
Definition:
Environetics is that discipline that seeks to
detect and quantify cause-effect relationships between non-
infectious environmental agents and human health.
Environetics employs concepts from epidemiology,
biostatistics, logic, and good ol’ common sense to make this
determination.
For perspective, consider "The Genetic Paradigm of
Disease"
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"All diseases are genetic."
Not necessarily "hereditary," but
caused by defects in genes.
Refinement:
All diseases are genetic except for those caused
by toxins and infectious agents, which may also have
dependencies on genotype (e.g., susceptibility)
Genetics-
Currently this discipline is out of control vs.
environmental mechanisms
Are all diseases due to defects in genes?
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