EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bioterrorism, Exponential Growth, Dairy Product
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Environmental hazards to specific populations: children"s environmental health, women"s health and environment, workers and noise hazards, elderly and environmental health. 40% to 60% of the diet of children of one year of age is comprised of only milk alone. In mother"s milk for instance there is 3% fat; most of organic chemicals such as dioxins, Instead of water teenagers drink more soft-drinks and that is the change in habit. Behaviour unique to children: kids touch their mouth very often they explore to see if it is something hard or hot or cold, mouthing behaviour (2-6 year olds touch their mouths about 9 times every hour) Ingestion of soil (deliberate or compulsive behaviour) we talked about it with heavy metals and soil, risk assessment. Kids with disabilities can do that even more; be under higher risk to ingest contaminants through the soil. Paint (in house, is also a source of lead)