Environmental Hazards The Four Categories of Human Environmental Hazards There are many exposures to hazards in our environment today that brings along the risk of an injury‚ different types of diseases‚ and even in some cases death. These hazards are called human environmental hazards. There are four categories to human environmental hazards which we will discover and discuss further in detail and they consist of cultural hazards‚ biological hazards‚ physical hazards‚ and chemical hazards (Wright &
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Environmental Hazards Environmental hazards consist of cultural‚ biological‚ physical‚ and chemical hazards (Wright‚ Boorse‚ 2014). With a wide array of other hazards in each category there is plenty to choose from and makes one wonder why we continue to survive among so many potential hazards. I will be focusing on one type of hazard from each category to show what threats there are and a way to combat the threat. One example of a cultural hazard is smoking which accounts for over 400‚000 deaths
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Construction hazards • Working at height: XXX describes that working at height includes any workplace has the potential of personal fall of a distance that is sufficient to cause personal injury whether this workplace is at ground level or below it. However‚ most of the resources including XX_____XX mention any work activity which is 2 m and above from the floor surface as working at height. Falling is the major cause of accidental fatalities as it causes about 50% of the total fatalities in
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properly. Hazard Communication ‘Goals’ Right to Know chemical hazards PPE‚ first aid‚ spills/leaks Labels‚ Material Safety Data sheets Right to Know OSHA created the Hazard Communication Standard to help ensure your safety when working with hazardous chemicals. You have a RIGHT TO KNOW about the hazardous chemicals you use on the job and how to work safely with those chemicals. Hazard Communication Standard Chemical manufacturers must: Determine a chemical’s hazards Provide labels
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HAZARDS EXAMPLE PHOTO Lava flows burn and bury crops. Mount Merapi‚ Indonesia - More than 350 people were killed. An estimated 75‚000 residents had been evacuated from the area between October to November 2010. Ash falls ruin crops and machinery‚ disrupt transport‚ pollute the air and cause breathing difficulties. Mount Etna‚ Italy - Grapes needed to be washed individually before consumption to avoid ingesting fine ash. This effectively ruined the grape crop economically‚ even though the
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1.0 Introduction Based on the journal “ National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance: Exposure To Biological Hazards And The Provision Of Controls Against Biological Hazards In Australian Workplaces”‚ shows that the percentage of the health sector recorded the highest employment exposed exposed to biological hazards. Therefore‚ this study is to see more about the biological hazards in the health sector. Therefore‚ this study will reveal the types of biological agents that can be harmful to health
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Introduction Floods are a natural hazard. There have been many devastating floods in the past decade. Different countries have reacted differently during and after the floods have occurred. Some countries have needed economic help during these times. Some countries were able to give detailed warning and saved many lives in doing so. Developed countries have the money to warn its people of any floods or other natural hazards which may affect a community. Developing countries often do not have the
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The four categories of human environmental hazards include cultural‚ physical‚ chemical‚ and biological hazards Environmental cultural hazard is the risk of damage to the environment involving air pollution form all of the massive factory’s and mills that are placed around the earth. Water pollution is a main hazard because it kills a lot of the aquatic life that we as humans feed on and it also kills the food that the food we eat feeds off to survive. Toxins like all of our trash that is getting
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BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS Biological hazard are acquired from disease causing microorganism and the poisonous toxins they may produce. Biological hazard are far the most dangerous foodborne hazard in the food service and food retail businesses. These includes harmful microorganism seen only in the microscope 1. BACTERIA 2.VIRUSES 3. PARASITES 4. MOLDS 5. YEAST Other living organism are: • Insects: RODENTS FARM ANIMAL DOMESTIC PETS BIRDS FISH PLANTS TRANSMIT DISEASE TO HUMAN BEING
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HAZARD amphetamines Many women are vying to be skinny to look attractive so that they select a shortcut‚ using slimming products. Though slimming products are not necessarily safe. Some slimming products found to contain a compound called amphetamines. Amphetamine is a compound that is quite commonly found in products slimming (weight loss)‚ which claims the product is free from hazardous substances. At first‚ circa the 1960s‚ amphetamines may be freely used for weight loss. Amphetamines suppress
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