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Living in the Environment 17.1 - What Major Health Hazards Do We Face?
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Risk
the probability of suffering harm from a hazard that can cause injury, disease, death, economic loss, or damage.
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Probability
possibility establishes that there is a chance of an event occurring, ________ is the likelihood that this event will occur.
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possibility
________ establishes that there is a chance of an event occurring, probability is the likelihood that this event will occur.
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Cultural hazards
unsafe working conditions, unsafe highways, criminal assault, and poverty.
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Lifestyle choices
smoking, eating too much, drinking too much alcohol, and having unsafe sex.
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Biological hazards
result from more than 1, \\400 pathogens that can infect humans.
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Risk Assessment
using scientific methods to estimate how much harm a particular hazard can cause to human health or to the environment.
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Risk Management
deciding whether or how to reduce a particular risk to a certain level and at what cost
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Biological hazards
result from more than 1,400 pathogens that can infect humans
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Pathogen
a living organism that can cause disease in another organism
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Chemical hazards
harmful chemicals in air, water, soil, and food
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Physical hazards
fire, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, and storms
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Cultural hazards
unsafe working conditions, unsafe highways, criminal assault, and poverty
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Lifestyle choices
smoking, eating too much, drinking too much alcohol, and having unsafe sex
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