HSCI 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fluorescence, Capital Accumulation, Baud
18 May 2016
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Environmental and occupational health is an: interdisciplinary academic field, area of research, area of applied public health practice. Specific environmental health problems and severity of these problems depend on where in the world you are. Upstream forces: definition: easy to overlook but very important, ex. Environmental and occupational risks: determine much of environmental health, at first glance they seem to have little to do with environment or health. History of environmental health science: hippocratic writers: identified some of the toxic properties of lead, our early knowledge of the health effects of toxic agents came from anecdotal evidence or accidents/disasters. Anecdotal evidence: certain occupational groups were experiencing unusually high rates of illness, disease or death. Accidents/disasters: exposed a large number of people to a chemical, pollutant, etc: industrial revolution. Industrial workplace conditions: early research on environmental risks. In many cases, these events were the first indication that a product, chemical etc. was unsafe.
