Environmental Health

Examples of Environmental Hazards/Categories

(Naturally Occurring &/or Anthropogenic)

1. Physical Agents or Conditions

a. UV

b. Radon gas

c. Heat Stress (Climate Change related?)

d. Drought (Climate Change related?)

e. Storm Intensity Hazards (Climate Change related?)

2. Chemicals

a. Arsenic

b. Asbestos

c. Cadmium

d. Chromium

e. DDT

f. Endocrine Disruptor(s)

g. Greenhouse Gas(es)

h. Lead

i. Mercury

j. Ozone Damaging Chemical(s)

k. PAHs

l. PCBs

m. Pesticides (e.g., insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides, fungicides)

n. Disinfectants

o. Fertilizer(s)

3. Biological Agents/Diseases

a. Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens

b. Cholera

c. Emerging and/or Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)

d. TB

e. HIV/AIDS

f. Anthrax

g. Malaria

h. Ebola

i. Any Foodborne or Waterborne Pathogen

j. Hantavirus

k. West Nile Virus

l. Zika Virus