Environmental Health

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Chapter 15

• Environmental Health

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Issues

• Overpopulation - too many people to support a
  healthy environment
• Air Pollution - the air that we breath
• Sulfur Dioxide
• Particulates
• Carbon Monoxide
• Nitrogen Dioxide
• Ozone
• Lead
• Hydrocarbons

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Pollution

• Hydrocarbons
• Photochemical smog
• Temperature inversion
• Acid Rain
• Indoor Air Pollution
• Wood Stove Smoke
• Furnace Emissions

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Pollution

• Asbestos
• Formaldehyde
• Radon
• House hold Chemicals

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Pollution

• Ozone Layer Depletion
• Global Warming (green house gases)
• Reducing air Pollution
• Water Contamination - septic systems, landfills,
  gasoline and petroleum products

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Waste

• Chemical Contaminates
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
• Dioxins
• Pesticides
• Municipal solid waste
• Hazardous waste
• Ionizing Radiation
• Radiation absorbed dose (Rads)

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Radiation

• Nonionizing Radiation
• Nuclear Power Plants
• Meltdown