Environmental Health Hazards

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The process of using statistical methods to estimate how much harm a particular hazard can cause to human health or to the environment.

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Risk assessment

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Involves deciding whether and how to reduce a particular risk to a certain level and at what cost.

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Risk management

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It is the situation that could be dangerous to people in the workplace.

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Hazard

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It is caused by organisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.

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Biological

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Type of hazard in a form of solid, liquid, vapor or gaseous substances, dust, fume or mist.

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Chemical

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Which aspect of health impacts a person's interactions with others?

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social

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Viruses, bacteria, and other organisms in the environment that harm human health are classified as:

• biological hazards
• social hazards
• chemical hazards
• physical hazards

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biological hazards

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What do asbestos, radon, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, and lead all have in common?

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They are chemical hazards that can be found indoors.

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This is a type of hazard that are from harmful chemicals that we can get from air, water, soil, food and human-made products.

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Chemical hazards

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A basic principle of toxicology is that the risk of a chemical hazard depends on the level of exposure.

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