Environmental Science Assignment

Pre-approved 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. Noise

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 (Specific, representative example or class)

o. Fertilizer(s) (Specific, representative example or class)

3. Biological Agents/Diseases

a. Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens

b. Cholera

c. COVID-19

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

e. TB

f. HIV/AIDS

g. Anthrax

h. Malaria

i. Ebola

j. Any Foodborne or Waterborne Pathogen

k. Hantavirus

l. West Nile Virus

m. Zika Virus