Risk, Toxicology & Human Health

The study of the connections between hazards in the environment and human disease and death

• Environmental Health
• Toxicology
• Ecosystems
• Waste Management

A hazard:  anything that can cause:

• injury, disease, or death to humans
• damage to personal or public property
• deterioration or destruction of environmental components
• All of the above

Risk:

• the probability of suffering injury, disease, death, or some other loss as a result of exposure to a hazardthe whole context of human life- the physical, chemical, and biological setting of where and how people live.
• the whole context of human life- the physical, chemical, and biological setting of where and how people live.
• The study of the connections between hazards in the environment and human disease and death
• None of the above

The lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of the public

• CDC
• FCC
• CIA
• FFA

Many factors that contribute to mortality and disability are a matter of:

• Life and death
• choice
• culture
• None of the above

What are the categories of disease?

• Acute
• Chronic
• Each of the above
• None of the above

Infectious diseases are caused by:

• Bacteria
• Antibodies
• Pathogens
• viruses

______ countries need continued education to reduce the spread of diseases

• all
• some
• few
• no

What counties need improvements in nutrition, a wider availability of clean drinking water, and proper sanitation to combat diseases

• Third world countries
• Developing countries
• Industrialized Countries
• 1st world countries

Which of the following are chemicals that have been designed to improve human life around the world by eliminating disease vectors?

• Pharmaceuticals
• Insecticides
• Herbicides
• All of the above