Environmental Health

1. Environmental Health Chapter 9 Environmental Science

2. Section 1 • Central Case • What is the relationship between environmental health and our own health?

3. Section 1 • Objectives • 1. List the types of environmental health hazards • 2. Compare and contrast epidemiology and toxicology • 3. Describe the reasons why individuals respond differently to the same environmental hazards • 4. Discuss risk assessment

4. Section 1 • In what ways can a leaky sewer line threaten your health? • Think on your then share with a partner

5. Section 1 • The study of how environmental factors affect human health and our quality of life is called: • Factors that threaten or are harmful to human health are called:

6. Section 1 • Types of Environmental Hazards • 1 • Pathogens: • 2 • Examples: • 3 • 4

7. Section 1 • Epidemiology • 1. • 2. • 3.

8. Section 1 • Toxicology • 1. • 2. • 3. • 1 • 2

9. Section 1 • Dose-Response Relationship • 1. • 2 • 3 • 1.

10. Section 1 • Individual Responses to hazards • Factors affecting response: • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5

11. Section 1 • Sensitivity • 1. • 2 • Genetics • 1

12. Section 1 • Risk Assessment • 1. • 2 • 1 • 2 • 3

13. Section 1 • Risk Assessment Steps • 1. • 2

14. SECTION 2 • Objectives • 1. Describe how infectious diseases spread • 2. Explain why emerging diseases are important to monitor and control • 3. Differentiate between social hazards that are lifestyle choices and those that cannot be controlled

15. SECTION 2 • Infectious Diseases • Spread by: • 1 • 2 • 3 • Account for _____________ of all deaths each year

16. SECTION 2 • Human Contact • Can be transmitted by ___________, ________________, _________________, ________________, __________________.

17. SECTION 2 • Contaminated water or food • Other organisms

18. SECTION 2 • Reducing Risk

19. SECTION 2 • Emerging Diseases • 1. • 2. An outbreak that becomes widespread and affects a whole region, continent, or the world is a _________________.

20. SECTION 2 • Why diseases spread: • 1. • 2 • 3 • 4

21. SECTION 2 • Responding to Emerging Diseases • International response: • National response:

22. SECTION 2 • Social Hazards • Ones you control: • Ones out our your control:

23. SeCtion 3 • Objectives • 1. Explain what makes chemicals hazardous • 2. Discuss how chemical hazards affect human health • 3. List some indoor chemical hazards • 4. Discuss where chemical hazards can be found in the environment • 5. Discuss biomagnification

24. SeCtion 3 • Chemical Hazards • ––––––––––––: matter or energy released into the environment, causing negative effects that impact people, wildlife, and other aspects of the environment • examples

25. SeCtion 3 • Types of Chemical Hazards • 1. • 2. • 3.

26. SeCtion 3 • 4. • 5. • 6.

27. SeCtion 3 • Indoor Chemical Hazards • 1. • 2 • 3. • 4 • 5

28. SeCtion 3 • Outdoor Chemical Hazards • 1 • 2

29. SeCtion 3 • 3.

30. SeCtion 3 • Biomagnification • The buildup of large concentrations of toxic substances in the body is _______________________. • Biomagnification:

31. SeCtion 3 • Persistent Organic Pollutants

32. Section 4 • Objectives • 1. Discuss how earthquakes affect structures on Earth’s surface • 2. Discuss how volcanoes affect human lives and property • 3. Describe tornadoes, hurricanes, and thunderstorms • 4. Discuss the dangers of avalanches

33. Section 4 • Earthquakes • Causes: • Surface effects: • Landslides • Tsunamis:

34. Section 4 • Volcanoes: • Causes: • Damage:

35. Section 4 • Storms • Tornadoes • Hurricanes

36. Section 4 • Thunderstorms • Avalanches