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environmental contaminants which mimic hormones and interfere with the functioning of animal endocrine (hormone) systems.
• At very low doses, can affect animals, mimicking estrogen and feminizing males. |
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| practice which assesses environmental factors that influence human health and quality of life. |
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| Four types of environmental hazards |
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-Physical
-Chemical
-Biological
-Cultural |
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Discreet events (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fire, floods, blizzards, landslides, hurricanes, and droughts
-Ongoing natural phenomena (ultraviolet radiation)
Reducing Risk:
-Improving forestry practices
-Choosing not to build in areas prone to physical hazards
-Using clothing to shield our skin from intense sunlight |
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Synthetic chemicals produced by our society (disinfectants, pesticides)
-Chemicals produced naturally by organisms |
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Ecological interactions among organisms
-Infectious disease (communicable/transmissible disease): parasitism by other species that are simply fulfilling their ecological roles.
-Malaria, cholera, tuberculosis, and influenza (flu) |
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| Cultural/Lifestyle Hazards |
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Cultural/Lifestyle Hazards: hazards that result from the place we live, our socioeconomic status, our occupation, or our behavioral choices.
-Choosing to smoke, drug use, diet and nutrition, crime, mode of transportation
-Health factors such as living in proximity to toxic waste sites or working unprotected with pesticides are often correlated with socioeconomic deprivation. |
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| Disease is the most preeminent hazard facing people |
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| • Infectious disease accounts for 26% of death that occur worldwide each year |
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| an organism that transfers the pathogen to the host. |
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| Diseases spread as a result of... |
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| globalization, evolving resistance, global climate change and habitat alteration. |
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| Indoor Environmental Health Hazards |
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-Smoking
-Radon
-Lead in paint and pipes
-Asbestos
-Toxicants in plastics and consumer products (PBDEs, phthalates, bisphenol-A, etc.)
-Dust and particular matter |
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| the science that examines the impacts of poisonous substances on humans and other organisms. |
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| a poison, or toxic agent. |
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one approach to dealing with toxic substances that come from or are discharged into our environment.
*Toxicologists generally focus on human health, using other organisms as models and test subjects. |
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| Synthetic Chemicals in the Environment |
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| o 80% of U.S. streams contain at least trace amounts of 82 wastewater contaminants (antibiotics, detergents, drugs, steroids, plasticizers, disinfectants, solvents, perfumes, etc.). |
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-Diverse collection of scientific studies, medical case histories, other data not previously synthesized.
-Book helped generate change in the way people viewed toxins. DDT was banned in U.S., but it continues to export it to other countries. |
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| chemicals or types of radiation that cause cancer. |
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| chemicals that cause mutation. |
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| chemicals that cause harm to the unborn. |
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| toxins that assault the nervous system |
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| overactivate the immune system, causing immune response when one is not necessary. |
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| toxicants that interfere with the endocrine system, or hormone system. |
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| Methods of Toxicant distribution |
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| -idea that synthetic chemicals might be altering our hormones. |
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