Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Endocrine Disruptor, Precautionary Principle, Rachel Carson

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1001A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

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Hs 1002 lecture 12 (cid:862)e(cid:374)viro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal li(cid:374)ks to health(cid:863: critical population health approach, environmental dispossession, environmental justice, environmental racism, endocrine disruptors, precautionary principle, risk assessment/ prove harm, manufacturers of illness, pops. The environment is related to health through three main things: air, land and water. However there can also be smaller elements of environment to think about. Silent spring is a book by rachel carson that drew attention to the persistent nature of organic compounds that are used in pesticides and how they impact us. Risks included breast cancer, diabetes, spontaneous miscarriage and impaired neurological development. Now banned in canada but still used in many countries. Illness is manufactured by the products of industrial companies! For example, fast food is now become a mass market product. Risk assess(cid:373)e(cid:374)t is a pro(cid:272)ess used (cid:271)y go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts to asses a (cid:272)he(cid:373)i(cid:272)al"s pote(cid:374)tial for i(cid:374)jury on humans and the environment.