EESA10H3 Lecture : EESA 10- LECTURE 1. Clear and Concise notes
8 Jul 2011
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Eesa lecture 1: environment affects our health. Also other factors that influence our health (such as genetic traits from mother, father, grandparents and etc. ) For example, one person may be resistant to disease more than another person. This won"t be spoken about much in lecture. What is environmental health? (1: disease and injuries. Factors: (2: chemical organic/inorganic that we come into contact with, physical everything around us, social environment . Housing: what type of house we live in (old, with lead pipes means we will have lead in our drinking water). Urban development: rural/urban areas or developing/developed areas. What is the environment: everything, everything that affects the living organism (wolf, type of bird, plant, oak tree and etc, mostly air, water, soil are the compartments that are part of our general environment. Also, manmade environment (everything that is human work; buildings, roads). Environmental health: humans change this climate very significantly, human altered the forests, lakes, rivers, the north, and etc.
