Exam 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health

All of the following are considered to be natural hazards, except

The five main types of hazards include all of the following, except

DDT, PCBs, atrazine, bisphenol-A, and phthalates are all examples of

People with AIDS are 30 to 50 times more likely to develop active tuberculosis.

Ways to reduce the incidence of infectious diseases in less-developed countries includes all of the following, except

The top toxic substances in terms of human and environmental health include all of the following, except

The Lyme disease bacterium is passed onto humans directly from

One out of every twelve women of child bearing age in the United States has enough mercury in her blood to harm a developing fetus.

It takes an average of 3 to 5 years for an HIV infection to progress to AIDS.

One significant source of mercury emissions into the atmosphere is from coal-burning power plants.

Which of the following infectious diseases is not among the five most deadly?

Carcinogens cause

A __________ is an organism that can cause disease in another organism.

One approach to determine the toxicity of a chemical is to determine the dose necessary to kill ____________________% of a group of test animals.

The human immunodeficiency virus has a(n) ____________________, which makes it hard to detect and easy to spread.

In terms of number of premature deaths per year and reduced life span, by far the greatest risk is

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s). -Is your life expectancy shortened more by smoking or being unmarried?

An immediate or rapid harmful reaction to exposure to a chemical, ranging from dizziness to death, is

Fear causes people to overestimate risks and worry more abut unusual risks than they do for common, everyday risks.

A large-scale outbreak of an infectious disease in an area or country is called a(n) ____________________.