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Chapter 17:  Environmental Hazards and Human Health


Section 1:  What major health hazards do we face?

​Concept 17-1:  We face health hazards from biological, chemical, physical, and cultural factors, and from the lifestyle choices we make.

Section 2:  What Types of Biological Hazards Do We Face?

Concept 17-2:  
The most serious biological hazards we face are infectious diseases such as flu, AIDS, tuberculosis, diarrheal diseases, and malaria

Section 3:  What Types of Chemical Hazards Do We Face?

Concept 17-3:  
There is growing concern about chemicals in the environment that can cause cancers and birth defects, and disrupt the human immune, nervous, and endocrine systems.

Section 4:  How Can We Evaluate Chemical Hazards?

​Concept 17-4A:
 Scientists use live laboratory animals, cause reports of poisonings, and epidemiological studies to estimate the toxicity of chemicals, but these methods have limitations.

Concept 17-4B:  Many health scientists call for much greater emphasis on pollution prevention to reduce our exposure to potentially harmful chemicals.


Section 5:  How Do We Perceive Risks and How Can We Avoid the Worst of Them?

Concept 17-5:  
We can reduce the major risks we face by becoming informed, thinking critically about risks, and making careful choices.


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Key Terms:
  • bacteria
  • biological amplification
  • carcinogen
  • dioxins
  • dose
  • dose-response curve
  • epidemiology
  • hazard
  • infectious disease
  • median lethal dose (LD50)
  • mutagen
  • neurotoxin
  • non-transmissible disease
  • parasite
  • pathogen
  • response
  • risk
  • risk analysis
  • risk assessment
  • risk communication
  • risk management
  • teratogen
  • toxic chemical
  • toxicity
  • ​toxicology
  • ​transmissible disease
  • virus
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