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| Air pollutants can characterized by what two categories? |
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| Source, physical or chemical characteristics |
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| Look at table on page 323 |
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| What measure is used to measure particle size |
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| Total Suspended Particles- refers to almost all particles in the air1 |
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| What was the EPA slogan regarding ozone? |
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| Good up high-- bad nearby |
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| When are ozone levels highest? |
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| First pesticide used on a large scale in agricultural production |
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| 7 categories of health pests |
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cockroaches
Lice
Mosquitoes
Rats and mice
Microorganisms
Reptiles and Birds
Various Mammal |
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| Common disease caused by pigeons |
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| Most widely used type of pesticide in the agricultural sector |
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| EPAs four categories for Pesticide toxicity |
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Category 1: Danger, Poision
Category 2:Warning
Category 3: Caution
Category 4: Caution
Child hazard warning- on front of pesticide product |
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| Standard reference for pesticide toxicity |
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| Recognition and management of pesticide poisonings |
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| Principle pesticide law in the US |
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| FIFRA (Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act) |
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| Maximum residue limits (max level of pesticide residue that can be found in foods yet still not cause harm) |
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| large expanses of the same crop |
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| Active ingredient in Roundup |
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| Industrial food animal production- system that produced nearly all the meat, milk, and eggs consumed in the US |
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| 3 characteristics of a sustainable food system |
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1) keep producing food into the future
2) bounce back after disturbances
3) Supports Short and long term health |
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| involves leaving residue from the previous crop to conserve soil. |
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| Look at Table 19.2 page 523 |
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| Food Safety Modernization Act- strengthened FDA's authority to recall foods. |
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| Set of internationally recognized standards and procedures for food safety and dair trading practices in the increasingly global food trade |
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| fruits and vegetables and other healthy crops |
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Sunlight
Daylight
Electric Light |
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| three conditions required for mold to grow |
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| Set of chemicals that must not be used in building materials. |
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| holds that signs of disorder in a community predict uncivil behavior and poor health |
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| idea that if buildings embody natural design elements they can offer people the same kind of restorative experience. |
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| energy packets in which radiation exists |
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| Differentiate between gamma rays and x rays |
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Photos originating in the nucleus
X rays- photons originating from the inner orbits of the atom |
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| Most common radioactive material in food |
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| Nonstochastic vs. Stochastic |
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| Non= deterministic acute effects. Stochastic= mutagenic and carcinogenic |
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| Two methods of radiation protection |
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| Internal and External Radiation Protection |
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