Chapter 6: Environmental Hazards & Human Health
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.