Enviro Justice
Environmental injustice is most common in this area.
Urban areas
Poverty, race/ethnicity, immigration status often highly correlated in urban areas
This agency is responsible for water contaminant regulation in the US
EPA
This type of air pollution is in the top ten causes of the global burden of disease
Ambient particulate matter or Household Air Pollution
Term: The dosage of chemical needed to produce death in 50% of treated animals
LD50
This is an example of an impulse/peak exposure
X-Ray
This is the decade the environmental justice movement started.
1980s
This is the amount of freshwater on Earth
2.5%
This is the largest and the smallest type of particulate matter (µm)
PM 10, PM 0.1
This type of exposure occurs over several weeks or months
Subchronic
To assess exposure, this method is the gold standard
Direct Method (Biological monitoring or personal monitoring)
These are the three main concepts of environmental justice
Built environment, food, energy
This act was established in 1972 and regulates pollutant discharge in water.
Clean Water Act
This study demonstrated that chronic exposure to air pollutants is independently related to cardiovascular mortality.
Six Cities Study
These four factors modify and individual’s dose response.
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
This US organization Develops and enforces occupational regulations; education, funding for training
OSHA
These are the three reasons that make children especially vulnerable and susceptible to environmental injustice
High rate of living in poverty, biological characteristics, behavioral characteristics
This is an example of a challenge in exposure assessment for water pollution
Low exposure levels or
Mixtures of chemicals or
Large variability over time and space multiple exposure routes or
Long-term exposures
This meteorological process keeps pollutant concentrations much higher near the surface of the Earth
Temperature Inversion
These are the three types of tests toxicologists use
In vivo, in vitro, in silico
This is the statistical value that we are usually interested in when describing the exposure
The average
This is a 6 part framework to guide policy options for addressing environmental injustice
DPSEEA
Driving forces
Pressures on environment
State
Exposures
Effects
Actions
This act allows the EPA to set Maximum Contaminant Levels for drinking water regulations
Safe Drinking Water Act
These are the 6 primary pollutants for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards
CO, NO2, O3, Pb, SO2, and PM
The location of where biotransformation happens in the body.
The liver
These three categories make up someone’s exposome.
Physical environment, social environment/lifestyle, body’s response