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E. A. Guilette, M. M. Meza, M. G. Aguilar, A. D. Soto, and I. I Garcia,
“An anthropological approach to the evaluation of preschool children
exposed to pesticides in Mexico.”
(May 1998). Kevin G. Hall/MCT/Getty Images, Inc.

Environmental Health Perspectives

CHAPTER OUTLINE

A Perspective on Risks 74

Environmental Health Hazards 77

s Disease-Causing Agents in the Environment

s Environmental Changes and Emerging

Diseases

Movement and Fate of Toxicants 81

■ Environmental InSight: Bioaccumulation

and Biomagnification

s Mobility in the Environment

s The Global Ban of Persistent Organic

Pollutants

Determining Health Effects of Pollutants 85

s Cancer-Causing Substances

s Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures

s Children and Chemical Exposure

■ EnviroDiscovery: Smoking: A Significant Risk

The Precautionary Principle 90

■ Case Study: Endocrine Disrupters

CHAPTER PLANNER✓✓

❑ Study the picture and read the opening story.

❑ Scan the Learning Objectives in each section:

p. 74 ❑ p. 77 ❑ p. 81 ❑ p. 85 ❑ p. 90 ❑

❑ Read the text and study all figures and visuals.

Answer any questions.

Analyze key features

❑ Process Diagram, p. 75

❑ Environmental InSight, p. 82

❑ EnviroDiscovery, p. 88

❑ Case Study, p. 92

❑ Stop: Answer the Concept Checks before

you go on:

p. 76 ❑ p. 81 ❑ p. 84 ❑ p. 89 ❑ p. 92 ❑

End of Chapter

❑ Review the Summary and Key Terms.

❑ Answer What is happening in this picture?

❑ Answer the Critical and Creative Thinking Questions.