Environmental Health

An odorless, radioactive gas

• air pollution

• smog

• hazardous waste

• radon

a fibrous material that has fireproof properties

• hazardous waste

• asbestos

• deforestation

• landfill

Harmful, unwanted sound of sufficient intensity to damage hearing

• air quality index

• air pollution

• noise pollution

• decibel

A yellow-brown haze that forms when sunlight reacts with air pollution

• air pollution

• biodegradable

• air quality index

• smog

a substance that is explosive, corrosive, highly reactive or toxic

• biodegradable

• hazardous waste

• radon

• wastewater

The contamination of earth's atmoshpere

• air pollution

• smog

• noise pollution

• wastewater

a unit that measures the intensity of sound

• noise pollution

• conservation

• decibel

reducing waste before it is generated

• recycling

• precycling

• landfill

• wastewater

understanding the causes of pollution and learning strategies to reduce waste can help protect the earth's natural resources

• conservation

• biodegradable

• resources

• deforestation

the spread of city development onto undeveloped land

• landfill

• deforestation

• conservation

• urban sprawl