Vector
This insect is the primary vector for malaria.
What is the mosquito?
This is the temperature range commonly referred to as the 'Danger Zone' for food safety.
What is 41°F to 135°F?
This bacterium is commonly found in warm, stagnant water systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease.
What is Legionella pneumophila?
This act requires employers to provide safe and healthful workplaces for their employees.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)?
This is the term for waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment.
What is hazardous waste?
This type of mosquito is responsible for transmitting Zika Virus and Dengue Fever.
What is Aedes aegypti?
This agency oversees the safety of seafood and fisheries products in the United States.
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?
This term describes the maximum level of a contaminant allowed in drinking water under EPA standards.
What is the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)?
This law was passed in 1970 to address air pollution in the United States.
What is the Clean Air Act?
This is the process of converting waste materials into new products to prevent waste and conserve resources.
What is recycling?
This type of fly is the primary vector of African sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei).
What is the tsetse fly?
The pathogen commonly associated with undercooked chicken and eggs.
What is Salmonella?
This compound is a common contaminant in groundwater and in excess can cause blue baby syndrome.
What is nitrate?
This is an action authorized by law to restrict or prevent the movement of goods for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare.
What is an embargo?
The federal law that regulates the manufacturing, processing, distribution, and disposal of chemical substances.
What is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)?
The vector responsible for transmitting Rickettsia rickettsii, the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
What is the American Dog Tick?
This virus, highly contagious and often linked to contaminated water or ready-to-eat foods, is a leading cause of gastroenteritis.
What is norovirus?
This protozoan parasite is resistant to chlorine and often associated with outbreaks linked to contaminated water.
What is Cryptosporidium?
This 1980 act establishes the federal government’s authority to respond to releases of hazardous substances.
What is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund)?
This 1976 act governs the disposal of solid and hazardous waste in the United States.
What is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)?
Deer mice are often reservoirs for this disease, which are transmitted to humans via aerosolized excreta.
What is hantavirus?
The acronym FAT TOM represents these factors affecting microbial growth in food.
What are food, acidity, time, temperature, oxygen, and moisture?
This 1974 act establishes standards for drinking water quality in the United States.
What is the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)?
This program under the CWA addresses the discharge of stormwater and pollutants from industrial and municipal sources.
What is the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)?
This waste management practice focuses on reducing waste generation at its source.
What is source reduction?