MIEH 400 Midterm: Review
9 Mar 2017
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Water pollution, water borne diseases: agriculture (crops, livestock) as biggest water user and polluter domestically and internationally, want to impose stricter limits, regulations to help reduce impact however we do not want to limit yields and produce. Come along w natural disasters (haiti, e. coli, etc). Tend to be more microbial whereas air pollution is more chemical: can spread very far, hot topic in terms of funding, projects, etc. Air pollution: outdoor and indoor: national air pollution standards, nats, six criteria pollutants, primary effects of human health, secondary effects of ecological impacts, flora and fauna, pollution of concern = source. Cigarette vs tailpipe: power generation, emissions, pollutants, regulatory efforts, industries pressured into complying, cooking, solid and liquid fuel. Introducing new species of insects: cultural control efforts, chemical revolution following world war, organochlorines, pyrethroids, etc. Ibm: integrated pest management, effort to reduce chemicals overall: crop rotations, bed nets, screens on windows prior to having to spray.
