Definitions
Time that it takes for half of a chemical to be excreted or metabolized
What is half life?
Another name for 'environmental media'
What is impacted media?
The city and state where there was lead contaminated water
What is Flint, Michigan?
EPA sets NAAQS & regulates emissions/pollutants
What is the EPA 1970 Clean Air Act?
Throat irritation and chest pain are symptoms of exposure to this
What is ozone?
When the amount of a chemical increases in a living organism overtime
What is bioaccumulation?
Name at least 2 sources of the exposure pathway
What are industrial emissions, agricultural practices, consumer practices, vehicle emissions, natural sources, and waste management?
*any 2 of these will count
The environmental media in the Arsenic in Rice reading
What is water and soil?
Name the 5 main criteria air pollutants
What are carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, ozone, and sulfur dioxide?
Ozone is formed from these three things
What are nitrogen oxide, volatile organic compounds, and sunlight?
Limits to protect public welfare
What are secondary standards?
Name the 3 routes of exposure
What are ingestion, inhalation, and dermal?
Name at least 2 common things that lead is/was found in
What are paint, gasoline, pipes, batteries, cosmetics, soil, etc.?
The criteria air pollutant that Washoe County doesn't have to monitor for since the population isn't high enough
What is lead?
Name 4 ozone prevention and control strategies
What are smog check, idle reduction, industry permitting and compliance, and Rack 'Em Up?
Small particles in the air that are harmful to us when we breathe them in
What is particulate matter?
Name the 4 types of environmental media
What are water, soil, air, and biota?
The reason why Flint's water contained toxic levels of lead
*hint: something that the state failed to due
What is corrosion control?
Cancelling school, PE, or sports practices would we an example of this type of prevention
What is secondary prevention?
particulate matter __ is the greatest risk to humans
What is 2.5 particulate matter?
Early detection
What is secondary prevention?
List the exposure pathway in order
*don't have to answer in the form of a question for this
contaminant source, release mechanism, environmental (impacted) media, transport, exposure media (point of exposure), route of exposure, receptor population
The type of chemical that lead is
*lead exposure negatively effects children's brains that are still developing
What is a neurotoxin?
The air quality index is based on ________
What is 2.5 and 10 particulate matter?
Name 5 particulate matter prevention and control strategies
What are burn code, wood stove exchange program, smoke management program, dust control, and street brining (sanding and sweeping too)?