Foundations of Environmental Health

This group of compounds has been widely used in stain-resistant fabrics, non-stick cookware, and food packaging because they are slippery, durable, and don’t break down.

In the US, under the ________ Act, the EPA can only investigate a chemical when it is proven to be harmful.

In general, ________ diseases are decreasing, while _______ diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke are increasing.

These new, or reappearing diseases are increasing with frequency as we move into new places, travel more, and share our germs with others.

Today’s health concerns revolve around ______ and _______.

A state of complete physical, mental and social well being is known as ______

An abnormal change in the body’s condition that impairs important physical or psychological functions is called _______

What is the difference between morbidity and mortality?

Environmental health focuses on ________ factors that cause disease.

One of the best indicators of global health improvement is

What are DALYs and why do we use them?

This is a leading cause of death worldwide.

Disease causing organisms are known as:

Name four diseases that Europeans brought to the New World that killed up to 90% of native populations in some areas.

Name 10 New World agricultural products.

Some of the most serious viruses originate in ______ and are then passed to other animals.

Transmission from wildlife to people increases through this economic activity

According to Michael Pollan, why is corn syrup used so much in the food and beverage industries?

Which infectious disease, which should have been eradicated, is now reappearing in the US, particularly South Carolina, and affecting unvaccinated children?

What happened at Yucca Mountain, Nevada?

Nuclear energy is dangerous because _________ particles are released from uranium atoms

Fossil fuels include

What are the advantages of burning natural gas over oil and coal?

Two major innovations that occurred in the oil and gas industry recently and created increased production include

How is fracking related to earthquakes?

his country has the largest oil reserves and its political leader was recently arrested in a US military operation:

Where do we find the tar sands, with huge deposits of oil?

Almost half of US energy consumption is taken up by this sector

_____ refer to habitat margins, where one habitat ends and one begins, such as a forest margin, that is more open, bright and windy than a forest interior.

Natural habitats that link smaller habitat areas are known as:

The biggest threat to coral reefs is

a type of tourism considered ecologically and socially sustainable.

The ___________ is the world’s largest wetland/savanna complex and is in the southern part of this country ___________.

What has happened to most of North America’s moist grasslands?

Why do grasslands tend to have few trees?

The US Forest Service policy of aggressively controlling forest fires led to

This oil has become the most widely used vegetable oil and has driven the conversion of primary forests

This country has planted billions of trees to control erosion and slow desertification

____ involves cultivating a single species to maximize tree growth and simplify harvest

How do you know what you know?

What does ayahuasca do to a person who ingests it, according to Jeremy Narby?

What are central ideas in Jeremy Narby’s The Cosmic Serpent?

Open wooded areas with tree cover between 10% and 20% are called:

Which continent has the largest tropical forests?

Name 3 factors that determine the general biome of an area

Two key factors affecting forest tree mortality

What is Ebola:

What are the symptoms of ebola

How dangerous is ebola

Where is there a current outbreak of ebola