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    Environmental health involves understanding how the environment impacts health and how environmental hazards can make people sick. It examines what is in the environment, how people can be exposed to hazards, and how much of a hazard enters the body through various routes of exposure like inhalation or ingestion. A person's individual susceptibility and genes can also influence how vulnerable they are to environmental health risks. When evaluating risks, it is important to consider both the risks and benefits of various activities and how those risks and benefits may disproportionately impact certain communities.

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    Environmental health involves understanding how the environment impacts health and how environmental hazards can make people sick. It examines what is in the environment, how people can be exposed to hazards, and how much of a hazard enters the body through various routes of exposure like inhalation or ingestion. A person's individual susceptibility and genes can also influence how vulnerable they are to environmental health risks. When evaluating risks, it is important to consider both the risks and benefits of various activities and how those risks and benefits may disproportionately impact certain communities.

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    Environmental health involves understanding how the environment impacts health and how environmental hazards can make people sick. It examines what is in the environment, how people can be exposed to hazards, and how much of a hazard enters the body through various routes of exposure like inhalation or ingestion. A person's individual susceptibility and genes can also influence how vulnerable they are to environmental health risks. When evaluating risks, it is important to consider both the risks and benefits of various activities and how those risks and benefits may disproportionately impact certain communities.

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    Dr.

    Ameer Alhusuny

    What is Environmental Health? M.B.Ch.B; M.Sc,(Occ.Med.) UPM

    What is the environment?

    What is health?

    Environmental Health?

    1
    Good Things Around Us

    Hazards
    A hazard is anything in the environment that can hurt you or make you sick.

    Environmental Health Careers

    The 7 Core Concepts

    2
    A Toxic Word Game
    Toxic means poisonous or dangerous
    Toxic_ology is the study of poisons.
    Toxic_ity is a measure of how dangerous a chemical is.

    A Toxicity Scale

    Toxicity Rating Signal Words on Package Symbol on Package

    Highly Toxic DANGER or POISON

    Moderately Toxic WARNING

    Slightly Toxic CAUTION

    Not Toxic none

    How would you rate these products?

    3
    Exposure is
    The total amount of a hazard that comes in direct contact with your body.

    Route #1: Inhalation


    Inhalation:
    Breathing. When chemicals enter the body through this route of
    exposure, they can get stuck in the lungs and/or be taken up into
    the bloodstream.

    Route #2: Ingestion


    Ingestion:
    Swallowing (usually by eating or drinking). When chemicals
    enter the body through this route of exposure, they can easily
    be taken up into the bloodstream.

    4
    Route #3: Dermal Absorption
    Dermal Absorption:
    Absorbing a chemical through any part of the skin, including the eyes. When chemicals
    come in contact with the skin, they can sometimes enter the bloodstream through this
    route of exposure.

    What is dose?
    Dose is the amount of a hazard that actually enters your body.

    Duration
    of
    Exposure

    5
    M L

    Dose & Body Size s s

    Dose can depend on how big or small you are. To understand how, let’s take three
    different size flasks and fill them with water. Imagine each one represents a different
    human body - one small, one medium, and one large.

    A Dose Experiment
    Now we will take a dropper of an imaginary hazardous substance and put 3 drops in
    each flask. What will happen? How will each flask look after the 3 dark purple drops
    have been added?

    Dose/Response Relationship

    Individual Susceptibility

    6
    Genes & Susceptibility
    Your genes can also make you more or less susceptible to harm from an
    environmental hazard. For example, some people are more likely to get
    sick when they are exposed to certain kinds of pesticides.

    What are the risks & benefits?

    Risks & Benefits


    What are the risks and benefits when grape growers use pesticides on their crops?

    7
    What is environmental justice?
    Environmental Justice (EJ) means that everyone has a right to live in an
    environment that doesn’t make them sick, regardless of their race,
    culture, or income.

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