Understanding Environmental Health in Totality

  • Describe three waterborne diseases and suggest methods for their prevention.
  • Provide one example of a toxic chemical that may enter the public
    water supply? Describe some of the health effects that are attributed to
    toxic chemicals present in drinking water.
  • What health hazards are associated with uncontrolled and older waste
    sites in the United States? Describe the processes through which
    hazardous solid wastes can affect human beings.
  • Compare and contrast the current methods for treating sewage from
    those that were used in the Middle Ages? Historically speaking, what
    factors spurred the development of today’s sanitary sewage systems?
  • Describe the stages for processing sewage. At what stage of
    processing is it permissible in the United States to dispose of
    wastewater from sewage into waterways?
  • What health-related considerations relate to the use of recycled
    water? What level of processing is required for wastewater to be
    recycled? Describe some of the uses of recycled water.
  • Even though workers in professional occupations usually are not
    exposed directly to hazardous agents, they are prone to occupationally
    associated illnesses. What types of hazards and associated illnesses
    predominate in professional occupations? What interventions would you
    propose to mitigate these hazards?