HLTC24H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: West Nile Fever, Carcinogen
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A lot of times we think of health as something we can measure. There are some things that can"t be measured like well being. Ethical dilemma is that sometimes what"s good for health isn"t good for the environment and what"s good for the environment isn"t good for health. Susceptibility can be genetics, can have to do with nutritional state, can affect your immune system. Even paints can cause air pollution, new car smell is also solvents. Most important thing with water is if its contaminated. We will see an increase in west nile virus because there has been a lot of rain so more vectors. Humans are now included as part of the environment. Before we were seen different than the environment, mostly due to religious reasons. Long latency periods: sometimes you can be exposed to something, but you don"t see the effects until much later (asbestos)
