Health Hazards due to Factors other than Pollution

What do you call health problems associated with work environment?

• Pneumoconiosis

• Occupational Hazard

• Emphysema

• World Health Organization (WHO)

All are the common office health and safety hazards. Except

• Stress

• Hearing problems caused by exposure to noise

• Anxiety

• Take Breaks Regularly

People working in factories and mines inhale chemical particles and dust by which they are prone to?

• Pneumoconiosis

• Mental health problems

• Hearing Loss

• Psychological disorders

It is the second layer of the atmosphere as you go upward.

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

It is an odorless, colorless gas made up of three oxygen molecules (O3) and is a natural part of the environment. It occurs both in the Earth's upper atmosphere, or stratosphere, and at ground level in the lower atmosphere, or troposphere.

• Deforestation

• Global Warming

• Ozone

• Factory

True or False. Global warming can lead to serious medical problems

• True

• False

• Maybe

True or False. Stress is NOT responsible for a number of physical and mental disorders, including neurosis, coronary heart ailments, gastric ulcers, high blood pressure, allergies, asthma, and so on.

• True

• False

• Maybe

True or False. Workers inhaling silicon dust suffer from silicosis, which is one of the oldest diseases in the world responsible for the death of thousands of people every year.

• True

• False

• Maybe

True or False. Farms are also the breeding ground for mosquitoes due to irrigation activities responsible for malaria, dengue, and filaria, and farmers are exposed to these diseases.

• True

• False

• Maybe

True or False. Ozone depletion can cause increased amounts of UV radiation to reach the Earth which can lead to more cases of skin cancer, cataracts, and impaired immune systems.

• True

• False

• Maybe