Environmental Health

The study of how environment affects your health in beneficial and hazardous ways

• exposure

• environment

• environmental health

Breathing the chemical into your body (lungs and bloodstream)

• absorption

• inhalation

• ingestion

Bleach has a high __________________. It can kill you if you swallowed it.

(toxic, toxicity, or toxicology?)

Your doctor measures a quantity (the amount) of a medicine or drug taken, according to your body weight. It's called a __________________.

• dose

• exposure

• ingestion

People, with low immune system or who are elderly, are likely affected by environmental hazards is called:

• toxicity

• absorption

• susceptibility

Air pollution, contaminated water, and natural disasters are ________________ to your health.

Issues such as inadequate access to healthy food, air and water pollution, and unsafe homes for all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income is called:

• individual susceptibility

• bad environmental health

• environmental justice

The total amount of a sun's UV ray or bacteria that comes in direct contact with your body is called:

• exposure

• toxicity

• dose

The process of taking food, drink, or another substance into the body by swallowing is called:

• absorption

• ingestion

• inhalation

One of environmental health careers is:

• toxicity

• toxicologist

• toxic