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What is the general term that is used when discussing PFAS?
What are forever chemicals?
This organization provides general information about diseases around the world.
What is the WHO?
This organization provides information and statistics regarding the prevalence of diseases in the United States.
What is the CDC?
A word that means a disease can be transmitted from one person to another?
What is infectious?
This is one of the best ways to prevent food poisoning?
What is properly cooking your food?
What is considered a milestone in dental public health?
What is adding fluoride into the water?
About how much has the average life expectancy increased in the last century? (Closest get points)
Age by which people are classified as older adults
What is 65?
What are the three levels of prevention?
What are primary, secondary, and tertiary?
What is the process of sterilizing milk called?
What is pasteurization?
What are the two diseases that account for over 50% of all deaths in the United States?
What are cancer and heart disease?
The deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs agents used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants.
What is Bioterrorism?
US Agency used to reduce workplace hazards
What is OSHA?
What is a synonym for an environmental contaminant?
What is a toxin?
What can taking folic acid prevent?
A physician who became known as the father of medicine
Who is Hippocrates?
This organization's mission is "to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards."
What is Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)?
The epidemiological triangle consists of what 3 items?
What are environment, agent, and host?
What is when the occurrence of a disease exceeds the normal rate?
What is an epidemic?
This organization responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
What is the FDA?
Who is widely considered the "Father of Modern Epidemiology"?
Who was John Snow?
For how many years have antibiotics been used? (Winner is the group with the closest number)
What is 114 years?
What is the most common type of local public health agency?
What is a County Health Department?
The only infectious disease to have been eradicated as a result of vaccine campaigns
What is smallpox?
Which Chinese invention played a early role in improving sanitation and hygiene?
What are chopsticks? Eating with chopsticks, which were first used around 2,000 BC, provided the unintended benefit of preventing illnesses by interrupting the hand-to-mouth transmission of germs?