HSCI 20200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cardiac Arrest, Formaldehyde, Bronchitis
13 Sep 2016
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Essentials of environmental, occupational, and radiological health sciences (hsci 20200) Topics: air pollution history, public health impacts of air pollution, ozone, particulate matter. Gregorius agricola: dust causes many health problems. Donora death fog : 1948: 19 deaths, fluoride emissions into the air from steel mills, temperature inversions cause air pollution disasters. Bhopal, india (1984: accidental release of methyl isocyanate from a pesticide plant, factors: temperature inversion, living near factory gates, killed 2,000 immediately and 20,000 delay deaths and 120,000 illnesses. Modern air pollution: indoor air pollution in developing world: 1. 6 million deaths per year, 3000 with lung cancer deaths, 60,000 deaths due to poor working conditions. Air pollution impacts the respiratory system for those affected: systemic poisons, heart functions. Outdoor air pollution regulated by epa: criteria air pollutants. Ozone, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead: hazardous air pollutants. Secondary pollutant prodced by the interaction of air pollution and sunlight.
