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HCMG 1010, Exam 2
Health and the Environment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are key features of environmental quality that affect health and longevity? | weather, temperature, and pollution levels |
| Why is measuring the health effects of pollution a hard problem? | basic science often not very informative, proximity not equal to exposure, effects may be non-linear (ex smoking), may take a long time for effects to occur |
| What are the key steps for researchers to come up with a strategy to isolate effect of pollution on health | effect of pollutant on health outcomes, zoom in on effect of pollution from particular sources |
| Why do most studies focus on infants or the elderly in effects of pollution on health? | infants - exposure period well deifined, infants and elderly - well defined health outcomes that are common enough to measure |
| What is the context behind VW Diesel? | diesel popularized in Europe, VW innovation in 2006 - diesel engine meeting U.S standards, aggressively market to environmentally conscious consumers |
| What was found in 2015 related to VW Diesel? | late 2015, EPA finds cheating device switched on during tests, the clean diesels pollute up to 4,000% above legal limit |
| What are the policy takeaways related to child and infant health? | car pollution harmful even below EPA's threshold for ambient air quality, importance of pairing tight standards with strong enforcement |
| What are two health factors that are influenced by change in pollution? | infant health and childhood respiratory conditions |
| What was the background/context behind the flint water crisis? | city switched water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River. New Water required treatment with strong disinfectants, which made it more corrosve than the old water |
| What were the major negative health effects from the flint water crisis? | children's blood lead levels increased, fertility rate dropped, stress associated with the water quality changes, increased attention on dangers of lead poisoning |
| What act was based in 1974 related to water quality? | safe drinking water act - protect the nation's drinking water from harmful biological and chemical contaminants |
| Which neighborhoods are disproportionately exposed to harmful pollution? | minority and low income neighborhoods |
| What was a key finding from the counties impacted by the Clean Air Act in 2005? | black neighborhoods had greater improvements in air quality |
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