Environmental Hazards and Human Health

This is the probability of one’s health being harmed by a hazard that can cause injury, disease, or death.

• risk

• risk assessment

• risk management

True or False:

Ecological medicine studies the infectious disease connections between animals and humans

• True

• False

• Maybe

This substance can cause temporary/permanent harm or death

• toxicity

• toxic chemical

• chemical hazard

These are chemicals that harm or cause birth defects.

• carcinogens

• mutagens

• teratogens

________________________ produces antibodies to protect from disease and harmful substances.

Check all the items that you can do when you are exposed to hormone disrupters.

• Avoid processed, prepackaged and canned goods

• Eat certified organic produced meats

• Avoid artificial air fresheners, fabric softeners and dryer sheets

• Use vinyl shower curtains

• Use glass and ceramic cookware

This is a measure of the ability of a substance to cause injury, illness or death

• toxicity

• natural chemicals

• phytochemicals

This is the quantity of a harmful chemical that has been ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin

• dose

• size

• measurement

These are chemicals or forms of radiation that cause or increase genetic mutations

• carcinogens

• mutagens

• teratogens

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This is a type of hazard that are from harmful chemicals that we can get from air, water, soil, food and human-made products.

• Biological hazards

• Chemical hazards

• Natural hazards

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3