INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Fill in the following blanks from the PP slide:
Environmental Health is the study of: ______w/ the environment.
It examines ______, ______and _biological_ agents that move through the environment affecting human health and investigates ways to ______or ______them.
Recognizing that human health is dependant on a ______.
The professional in environmental health works to protect the overall quality of ______, ______, ______, & ______.
WHAT ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES?
Copy the following from the PP sides:
Population growth
· How many people on earth? ______.
· Land suitable for crops maybe inhabited by ______.
· Population growth of developing countries grows at a ______rate than developed countries.
Poverty & hunger
· Poverty is a condition in which: ______.
· Malnutrition is a condition in which: ______.
Greenhouse effect & global warming
· Greenhouse effect is the process in which: ______.
· Global warming is an: ______.
Destruction of the ozone layer
· Ozone is a form of ______.
· Ozone layer is the protective layer of the atmosphere that traps UV radiation from the sun and:
______.
· CFC’s or Chlorofluorocarbons are a group of gases that that are: ______.
Destruction of the rain forests
· Rain forest is a hot, wet, forested area that contains: ______.
· Rain forest is the source of: ______.
WHAT ARE TWO IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES THAT PROTECT US?
Copy the information from the PP slides below:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
On the local level, the public health department is the environmental regulatory agency.
PLEASE ADD THESE TWO AGENCIES TO YOUR ‘ACRONYM T-CHART’!!!
EIGHT ACTS TO REGULATE THE ENVIRONMENT
Copy the following 8 laws from the information posted around the classroom. When you complete copying the laws, please show your results to the teacher to receive the classwork credit assignment for this lesson.
1. Clean Air Act
2. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act
3. Clean Water Act
4. Safe Drinking Water Act
5. Endangered Species Act
6. National Environmental Policy Act
7. Toxic Substances Control Act
8. Occupational Safety and Health Act