Laws and Justice
Denotes the equal treatment of all people in society irrespective of their racial background, country of origin, and socioeconomic status.
What is Environmental Justice?
This substance injured approximately 200,000 people and killed around 1800 people in Bhopal, India, in 1984.
What is methyl isocyanate?
These greenhouse gases were used in air conditioners, refrigerators, and cleaners for electronic parts but were banned in 1987.
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
Symptoms of this zoonotic disease include fever, maculo-papular rash, vesicles, pustules and, in some cases, anorectal pain and bleeding.
What is MPox (formerly known as Monkeypox)?
Makes up 80% of pollution in the oceans.
What is plastic waste?
This city hosted the first Earth Day Event.
What is Philadelphia?
In this location, from 1953 to 1985, 1/2 to 1 million people were exposed to high levels of chlorinated hydrocarbons, including trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, and vinyl chloride, along with benzene, in their drinking water.
What is Camp LeJeune, NC?
It causes between 3,000 to 8,000 lung cancer deaths in non-smokers.
What is Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) (AKA Secondhand Smoke)?
Periarticular pain and marbling of skin after diving.
What is Type I decompression sickness?
As climate change increases frequency of extreme precipitation events, this feature of cities like Philadelphia leads to higher likelihood of water contamination.
What is combined Sewer Overflow?
The Love Canal incident led to the creation, in 1980, of this US public health agency for chemical safety.
What is Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)?
At this blood lead level, CDC recommends that children be provided case management to mitigate its health effects and remove or control lead exposure sources.
WHAT IS 3.5 mcg/dl?
The EPA has determined that values of this above 100 are unhealthy for sensitive groups.
What is the Air Quality Index (AQI)?
This disease was first identified less than half a mile from Philadelphia’s convention center, but the agent's natural habitat is fresh water.
What is Legionnaires' Disease?
The National Academy of Sciences recommends screening for dyslipidemia, thyroid disease, kidney cancer, testicular cancer, and ulcerative colitis at serum levels above 19 ng/mL of this class of chemical.
What are per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)?
This act dictates “requirements for transportation and temporary storage of hazardous waste".
What is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA)?
The incorrect use of the test for this toxin in 1840 in a high profile murder case launched the field of toxicology.
What is arsenic?
Causes dermatologic, neurologic, respiratory, and gastrointestinal symptoms in boaters and swimmers.
What are algal blooms (or algal toxins or cyanobacteria)?
EKG finding in Hypothermia.
What are Osborn J waves?
Also known for the color of the containers that stored it, this highly toxic chemical can be the product of incineration of medical waste.
What is Dioxin?
This is a resource for learning about toxic chemical releases and pollution prevention activities reported by industrial and federal facilities. Its data support informed decision-making by communities, government agencies, companies, and others.
What is the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)?
Urine hippuric acid is the metabolite used as the biological exposure index of this substance.
What is Toluene?
Multiple studies have linked this hazard in the environment to long-term cardiovascular health effects, such as heart attacks and strokes, but NOT to respiratory health effects.
What is ambient noise (or urban noise pollution)?
48-hour absolute lymphocyte count is predictive of this.
What is death due to radiation exposure?
Classified as endocrine disruptors they can be found in pillows, mattresses, and carpets.
What are flame retardants (or PBDE)?