natr 2050 the environment and human health

DDT & malaria

DDT made to control mosquitos that had malaria

measures of public heath

measured by POPULATION

• measured by mortality rate

HEART ATTACK highest form of death in HIGH income countries

INFECTIOUS DISEASES highest form of death in LOW income countries

CSS drivers & solutins from all types of public healh hazards: environmental, chemical, biological, climate change, etc

CSS DRIVERS: physical, chemical, biological, environmental

• solution for chemical: toxin testing & regulation

  • EPA

• solution for biological:

zoonosis

disease shared by ANIMALS & HUMANS

public health hazards (4 categories)

• physical haz

• chemical haz

• biological haz

• cultural haz

physical hazards

geological (earthquake, tsunami, voclano)

weather (hurricane)

fire

chemical hazards

types of toxins

corrosive- destroy tissue. (BLEACH)

asphyxiates- suffocation (CO2)(CYANIDE)

carcinogens- cancer (TOBACCO)

allergens- immune system (CATS)

endocrine disruptors- interfere w/ growth HORMONES (BPA WATERBOTTLE)

biological hazards

infectious diseases

• pathogens

• anthroponosis

• ZOONOSIS

respiratiory

• flu

• diarrhea

bloodborne

• HIV

• malaria

evolutionary