Environmental Toxicology

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Questions

• Why might it be difficult to establish a direct link between air pollution and health problems?
• What are statistics of health problems (such as coughing, headaches, asthma) caused by pollution? Please cite your sources.
• What is industrial pollution and what are its effects on health?
• Is it difficult to determine how pollution affects health? I'm guessing it may be since many factors often contribute to a disease.
• Which is more toxic: persistent chemicals or chemicals that break down rapidly?
• Do you need to be exposed to pollutants over many years to be affected by them?
• Can you describe five effects of air pollution on human health?
• What are the diseases caused by pollution?
• Does pollution have to be over time to affect your health?
• What are some diseases caused by water pollution?
• How can pollution affect children's health differently than adults?
• How does land pollution affect health?
• How does noise pollution affect health?
• How does soil pollution affect health?
• What does particle pollution do to your health?
• Why is pollution a health hazard?
• Why might establishing a direct link between air pollution and health problems be difficult?
• What are the health effects of airport pollution?
• What diseases do people get by air pollution?
• What effect does pollution have on human health?
• How can air pollution affect people's health?
• What are the effects of different types of pollution on human development?
• What are some examples of environmental contamination affecting humans?
• What are the impacts drinking of contaminated water?