Chapte 20 Pollution and Human Health

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The study of the spread of diseases.

Epidemiology

These pesticides have replaced more more persistent pesticides

Organophosphate

This water bourne disease was once the worlds leading cause of death

Malaria

Meaning poisonous

Toxic

An estimate of the risk posed by an action or substance

Risk assessment

Particles in the air that are small enough to breathe into the lungs

Particulates

Orgamism in which a pathogen lives all or part of its life

Host

Organism that cause disease

Pathogen

Organisms that transmit diseases to people

Vector