Environmental Terms

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Across
  1. 1. genetic factors are responsible for susceptibility to toxic exposures (3)
  2. 3. a means by public and environmental professionals partner to assess public health issues (4)
  3. 5. is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income (2)
  4. 7. four major routes by which a chemical may enter the body (3)
  5. 10. air contaminants orginating from major stationary sources (2)
  6. 11. program that includes caulking and sealing cracks and holes larger than a 16th of an inch, eating in one place in the home to consolidate the area that must be cleaned, getting rid of clutter(3)
  7. 14. outdoor air surrounding a place or structure (2)
  8. 16. time between the host is infected by a pathogen to become infected (2)
  9. 17. set of major air pollutants (3)
  10. 19. elevated levels of lead(BLL-3)
  11. 20. physical contact with a toxic chemical
  12. 22. Substances accumulating over time in the body
  13. 23. health care as a means for transferring care between two members of the health-care team, in this case the visiting PHN and the primary care provider who would be able to further assess (2)
  14. 24. is a branch of public health protection that is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment (2)
  15. 25. concern of long-term effects on the health of populations related to climate change (2)
  16. 26. is a model building code developed by the International Code Council (3)
Down
  1. 2. exposure to a concentration of a specific chemical in the main environmental media (air, soil, water, sediment)(2)
  2. 4. pollutants generated by transportation sources (2)
  3. 6. current air quality (3)
  4. 8. air pollution in a specific area (3)
  5. 9. passed by Congress in 1974, with amendments added in 1986 and 1996, to protect our drinking water (4)
  6. 12. process of identifying what hazards currently exist or may appear in the workplace (2)
  7. 13. smaller sources of emission (gas stations)(2)
  8. 15. human-made surroundings for human activities (2)
  9. 18. degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism
  10. 21. time over which only half of the amount is excreted of more than 20 years (2)