Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- Environmental Legislation
Major Environmental Legislation
The Cost of Cleanup
The closer we get to the goal of zero emissions of a pollutant, the more costly it becomes
to eliminate each unit of pollution
Reason
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- Factors
Factors
Factors influencing environmental health problems and solutions
Objective (technical/scientific)
Subjective (non-scientific)
Examples of Technical/Scientific (Objective) Factors
Sources of agen
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- Key Points of EHS and Definitions
Key Points
EHS is the study of those factors in the environment that affect human health
These factors represent chemical, biological, or physical agents contained in air, water
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- Municipal Solid Waste and Risk Management
MSW and Per Capita Generation of MSW
Municipal solid waste (MSW) and per capita generation of MSW
Million Tons of MSW Pounds/Person/Day
The Big Questions
1.
What is this
Environmental Health Sciences- Study guide- Industries impact on the Environment
Why Do We Pollute the Environment?
INDUST R Y
Air pollution
Power inputs
(gas, oil coal)
Other inputs (water)
Chemical inputs (raw materials)
Water pollution
Toxic waste
The
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- Problem Solving
Problem Solving
Problem-Solving Paradigm: Six Steps
1.
Define the problem
2.
Measure its magnitude Risk assessment
3.
Understand key determinants
4.
Develop intervention/ prevention strategies
Ri
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- Exposure and Health Risks
Exposure
Severity of Adverse Health Effects
Death
Significant disease
Manifest dysfunction
Clinical nuisance effects
Sub-clinical chronic alterations
Acute reversible (functional) effec
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- Environmental Catastrophes
Should You Care about EHS?
Acute environmental catastrophes (high-level exposures)
Chronic (low-level) exposures
Indirect effects of global environmental changes
The Wake-up Calls: Env
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- Environmental Health Issues and Disease burden
Environmental Health Issues
Question
Do you think that environmental issues are among the top three public health issues in
this country?
The Right First Question
W
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- What Is Environmental Health Sciences?
What Is Environmental Health Sciences?
NIEHS charter: The study of those factors in the environment that affect human health
Factors (pollutants or toxicants) in air, wate
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- The Natural Environment and Health
The natural environment
Ecology
Mans impact on the natural environment
Ecology and environmental engineering The environments impact on man
Environmental health sciences
The
ANSWERS FOR CHAPTER 1
8. What is the best example(s) from the list below
LIVING WITH THE EARTH
of an organism belonging to the first trophic level.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
a. human
1. Another word for the "layer of life" is _.
b. wolf
a. biosphere - pg. 1-2
c
ANSWERS FOR CHAPTER 11
c. Saving energy by using recycled
materials - pg. 11-16
d. Package or product design that reduces
material or toxicity
1. Once called "The Green City in the Sun",
9. Facilities that perform the function of preparing
_ is now calle
Environmental Health Sciences- Study Guide- Chemicals in the Environment
Chemicals in the Environment
Roughly 70,000 different synthetic chemicals are on the global market; many others are
emitted as by-products of their production, use, or disposal
Produ
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