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Exam Elaboration | Health Care
Asbestos, Radon, And Lead Exam 2 With Latest Solutions Graded A+ 2023
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Healthy People 2020 ✔✔goal is to promote health through a healthy environment;
considers outdoor air quality, surface/ground water quality, toxic su...
Healthy People 2020 ✔✔goal is to promote health through a healthy environment;
considers outdoor air quality, surface/ground water quality, toxic substances and
hazardous wastes, homes and communities, infrastructure and surveillance, and global
health environment
Outdoor Air Quality ✔✔part of HP2020 goals that has improved since '90s in US; main
pollutants = 1. Fine particles produced by burning fossil fuels (ex: coal and petroleum) 2.
Noxious gases (ex: sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, CO, chemical vapors) 3. Groundlevel ozone 4. Tobacco smoke
Ozone ✔✔reactive form of oxygen and primary component of urban smog
Poor Outdoor Air Quality ✔✔associated with increased risk of asthma, COPD, recurrent
lung infections, lung cancer, CV disease, and pre-term birth
Decrease Outdoor Air Quality Risk ✔✔1. Check air quality index for local area (good =
0-50, very unhealthy = 201-300) 2. Avoid being outside in high-traffic areas and high air
quality index 3. Limit second-hand smoke exposure
Surface/Ground Water Quality ✔✔part of HP2020 goals that protects water sources and
limits contamination
Drinking Water ✔✔most homes get ___ from water public treatment facility monitored
by EPA or private wells that are NOT routinely monitored by any agency (should have
checked before moving in)
Drinking Water Contaminants ✔✔include 1. Chemicals and minerals, such as copper,
arsenic, nitrates 2. Viruses, bacteria, parasites 3. Local land use practices like
pesticides 4. Industry 5. Sewer overflow/failing septic systems 6. Pharmaceuticals from
flushed meds
Nitrates ✔✔drinking water contaminant that results from fertilizers/human or animal
waste with highest risk seen in midwest; biggest threat to INFANTS, especially infants
drinking formula since it gets mixed with water; in intestines, ___ are converted to
nitrites, which prevent blood from transporting oxygen, but an enzyme is present in the
system of older children that restores ability to carry oxygen
Drinking Water Common Pathogens ✔✔include Giardia (MOST COMMON), Legionella,
Norovirus, Shigella, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Cryptosporidium, E. coli
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