Chapter 6: Environmental Hazards & Human Health

Bayee Waqo (12) was named after her grandmother Bayee Chumee (82). When her son and his wife both died of AIDS, Chumee took on the care of their daughter who was just two years old. Some years later, after repeated illness, the young girl was diagnosed HIV positive, and she has been on treatment since. At 82, Chumee is getting too weak for all the household chores, so her granddaughter helps by collecting firewood, fetching water, making coffee and baking bread.

Learning Outcomes

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Link pollution to it’s impact on sustainable production goals
  • Define environmental health
  • Categorize environmental health risks
  • Classify environmental contaminants
  • Summarize the principles of environmental toxicology
  • Explain the concept of emerging diseases

Chapter Outline

  • 6.1 Pollution and Sustainability
  • 6.2 The Impacts of Environmental Conditions
  • 6.3 Environmental Health
  • 6.4 Environmental Toxicology
  • 6.5 Bioremediation
  • 6.6 Case Study: The Love Canal Disaster
  • 6.7 Chapter Resources

Attribution

Essentials of Environmental Science by Kamala Doršner is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified by Joni Baumgarten.

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