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ENVR430: Health Effects of Environmental Agents Course director, L.M. Ball lmball@, 6-7306 Office Rosenau 158 Where: McGavran-Greenberg 1304 /courses/2009fall/envr/430/001/ When: Monday Wednesday Friday, 1 to 1:50 pm Why: ASPH Competencies I.? Discipline-specific Competencies: Environmental Health Sciences Describe the direct and indirect human, ecological and safety effects of major environmental and occupational agents Describe genetic, physiologic and psychosocial factors that affect susceptibility to adverse health outcomes following exposure to environmental hazards. Describe federal and state regulatory programs, guidelines and authorities that control environmental health issues Specify current environmental risk assessment methods. Specify approaches for assessing, preventing and controlling environmental hazards that pose risks to human health and safety. Explain the general mechanisms of toxicity in eliciting a toxic response to various environmental exposures. Discuss various risk management and risk communication approaches in relation to issues of environmental justice and equity. Develop a testable model of environmental insult. Environmental Health Environmental Health comprises those aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by interactions with physical, chemical, biological and social factors in the environment. It also refers to the theory and practice of assessing, correcting, controlling and preventing those factors in the environment that may adversely affect the health of present and future generations. Pew Environmental Health Commission Environmental Agents Microbial Chemical Physical Textbooks Textbooks Review Physical Hazards Heat Cold Trauma Radiation Ionizing radiation (radioactivity) Non-ionizing radiation X-rays UV Infrared Microwave Radio Electromagnetic Chemicals “Naturally-Occurring” “Anthropogenic” Naturally-Occurring Chemicals Microbial toxins Bacterial toxins (Often complex po