Environmental%20Health%20Unit:%20Lesson%201%20-%20Introduction

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Environmental Health Unit Lesson 1 -
Introduction

• Objective
• TSWBAT identify issues of how the environment
  affects our personal health on a daily basis.
• TSWBAT investigate environmental issues,
  government agencies, and eight laws that deal
  with our environment.

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Graffiti

• There are 6 words/phrases each paper
• In your row
• write down any idea, point, example, etc. you can
  think of when you read the word/statement.
• You will get two minutes at each station

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What do we already know?What was new?What
will be learned this unit?

• Hazardous waste
• Risk assessment
• Industrial hygiene
• Human environmental toxicology
• Air quality
• Water quality

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Environmental Health

• The study of
• humans their interactions with the environment
• It examines
• chemical, physical biological agents that move
  through the environment affecting human health
  investigates ways to control or minimize them.
• Human health is dependant on a
• High quality environment
• The professional in environmental health works to
  protect the overall quality health of
• air, water, soil food.

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Environmental Health USA PA

• PA Department of Env. Protection
• http//www.depweb.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/com
  munity/dep_home/5968
• CDC
• http//www.cdc.gov/Environmental/
• Why is this important to your health?
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vJ42CLZH1NlEfeature
  related

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Env. Issues Population Growth

• 6 billion people live on earth
• people are living longer fewer infants are
  dying
• Land suitable for growing crops may be inhabited
  by people
• Population increases so does the demand for
  health services

• Population of developing countries grows at a
  faster rate of developed countries.

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Env. Issues - Poverty Hunger

• Poverty
• condition in which a person does not have
  sufficient resources to eat and live
• Malnutrition
• condition in which the body does not get the
  nutrients required for optimal health

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Env. Issues - Greenhouse Effect Global Warming

• Greenhouse effect
• process by which water vapor gases in the
  atmosphere absorb reflect infrared rays warm
  Earths surfaces
• Global warming
• an increase in earths temperature

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Env. Issues Destruction of the Ozone Layer

• Ozone form of O2
• Ozone layer protective layer of the upper
  atmosphere that traps ultraviolet (UV) radiation
  from the sun and prevents it from reaching
  earths surface

• CFCs chlorofluorocarbons group of gases that
  are easy to compress expand / used as a
  propellant in aerosol sprays coolants

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Env. Issues Destruction of the Rain Forests

• Rain forest
• hot, wet, forested area that contains many
  species of trees, plants, animals 7 of
  earths land
• Source of food, rubber, timber, ingredients for
  prescription drugs

• Forests are being cleared for agriculture trees
  produce O2 absorb CO2 and it can kill many
  species of plants animals

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Environmental Health Agencies

• Occupational Safety Health Administration
  (OSHA)
• Federal regulatory agency responsible for
  workplace environment. Publishes information on
  environmental issues regulations
• www.osha.gov
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vHpA2qIcOgakfeature
  related

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Federal agency responsible for reducing
  controlling environmental pollution
• http//www.epa.gov/
• http//www.youtube.com/user/USEPAgovp/u/3/0yNatHj
  gbVM

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Environmental Health Agencies

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and
  Health (NIOSH)
• Federal regulatory agency that conducts research
  on health hazards in the workplace
• http//www.cdc.gov/niosh/

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Laws Acts Regulate the Environment

• 1. Clean Air Act
• Law that allows the EPA to set standards for
  major air pollutants.

• 2. Comprehensive Environmental Response,
  Compensation, Liability Act
• Law provides funding to clean up uncontrolled or
  hazardous waste sites oil chemical spills

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Laws Acts Regulate the Environment

• 3. Clean Water Act
• Law that sets regulations on wastes going into
  water and on the operation of waste treatment
  plants makes it illegal to release pollutants
  into the water

• 4. Safe Drinking Water Act
• Law that protects the quality of drinking water.
  It also sets standards for owners and operators
  of public water systems

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Laws Acts Regulate the Environment

• 5. Endangered Species Act
• Law that protects animal plant species
  threatened by extinction.

• 6. National Environmental Policy Act
• Law that requires all governmental agencies to
  consider and assess the impact on the environment
  before taking any action that might affect the
  environment.

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Laws Acts Regulate the Environment

• 7. Toxic Substances Control Act
• Law the authorizes the EPA to set standards for
  the manufacturing, use, transportation, and
  disposal of toxic substances

• 8. Occupational Safety and Health Act
• Law that sets a series of minimal safety and
  health standards that all employees must meet.

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What can we do?

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vi1usYtMZ2B8

http//health.yahoo.net/rodale/WH/beat-bad-air-day
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