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UNIT 4: Environmental Health,         Toxicology, and Population

This unit includes Chapter 14 and 8 from the textbook.  

Scroll down for PPTs, review videos, animations, and diagrams.

Note:  Special thanks and acknowledgement to the staff at Pearson for providing the information and diagrams for the PPTs.  Also, thanks to Ted Ed for the videos.

Ch.14: Environmental Health & Toxicology

In Class PowerPoints:

Please download the PPTs and study them, as a means of taking notes.  We will be moving through them in numeric order and each PPT is roughly timed for one day of class.  Click on the buttons to the right to access the PPTs.

Visit the US EPA website below for resources and news on protecting human health and the environment:
United States
Environmental Protection Agency

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Our Chemical Lives - Are Chemicals Hurting Us?

 

Do We Really Need Pesticides?

A Secret Weapon Against Zika and Other Mosquito-Borne Diseases:

Health Impacts of Pollution

 

Tyrone Hayes: The Toxic Baby

 

 

When Is Water Safe To Drink?

APES Chapter 17 - Human Health and Environmental Risks:

Acute vs. Chronic Toxicity:

Understanding Risk Assessment, Management, and Perception:

The EPA Isn't Taking It's Own Advice On A Pesticide:

What Are The REACH Regulations?

The Love Canal Disaster -Toxic Waste In The Neighborhood:

The Missouri Ghost Town Poisoned By Toxic Waste:

Documentary The Bhopal Disaster INDIA Nat Geo 2014:

Flint Water Crisis Explained in 3 Minutes:

Murky Waters of Flint: How A Whole City Was Poisoned:

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