EGGS 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Precautionary Principle, Endocrine Disruptor, Bisphenol A

• School: Bloomsburg University
• Department: Environ, Geog, & Geol Sciences
• Course: EGGS 100
• Professor: Matthew Ricker

Document Summary

Bisphenol a (bpa): in hundreds of products, can cause cancer, nerve damage and miscarriages, bpa leaches into food, air and bodies, mimics estrogen. Environmental health: assesses environmental factors that influence human health and quality of life. Infectious disease: viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens parasitize humans, can"t avoid risk, reduce through sanitation and treatment. Antibiotic resistant bacteria: artificially select strong bacteria, harder to treat, 4% of u. s. hospitals report cases each year. Toxicity: the degree of harm a chemical can inflict. Toxicology: study of the effects of chemicals on organisms. Environmental toxicology: deals with toxic substances that come from or are discharged into the environment. Toxins: toxic chemicals made in tissues of living organisms. Carcinogens: cause cancer, hard to identify because of the long time between exposure and onset of cancer. Mutagens: cause dna mutations, can cause cancer and harm to sperm or egg cells. Acute exposure: high exposure to a hazard for short periods of time, easy to recognize.