Environmental Hazards and Human Health

A group of toxic chemicals that cause cancer

Which is not an example of an acute effect to a chemical? 

When a disease is spreading on a local scale it can be said to be a/an___________________

Which of these is an example of a transmissible disease?

What is BPA?

What percentage of chemicals being used are not regulated?

Which is NOT an example of a non-transmissible disease?

What is it called when a response to a chemical is a long lasting or permanent illness?

What percentage of Americans have BPA in their blood?

What is the most common method to determine toxicity of chemicals?

What type of hazards are fires, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and storms?

The study of harmful effects of chemicals on humans and other organisms .

Process of using statistics to estimate how much harm a hazard can cause?

Which disease tends to be spread for years without the person knowing they are spreading it?

Which is an example of a hormonally active agent?

What did Ray turner do to make an impact on the environment?

What type of hazards are pathogens that can infect humans and animals?

What type of hazards are unsafe working conditions?

Which is NOT a reason for the growing resistance to antibiotics?

_____________ -deciding if or how to reduce a particular risk and at what cost

Which disease causes the most deaths per year worldwide? 

What type of hazards are chemicals in our soil, food and air?

- Not using a chemical if there is reasonable but incomplete data that it could cause harm

What type of hazards are smoking,drinking, food choices?

What is one of the major ways that humans introduce mercury into the environment?

Which hazard is one that can take the most years off of your life HERE IN THE USA?

What are the dirty dozen?

Diseases that cannot be contracted from another person fall into which category?

How many people are currently living with AIDs in the world? (as of 2008)

What did Ray turner do to make an impact on the environment?

The term that describes the amount of a chemical that kills all of the subjects. 

The probability of suffering harm from a hazard that can cause injury, disease, or damage. 

What does it mean for a chemical to exhibit persistence? 

A group of toxic chemicals that cause harm to a fetus.

Which factor would be least likely to play a role in someone's accepted dose of a chemical?