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Which suggestion could help protect the water supply?

A) Take baths, not showers.
B) Fix leaky faucets in your home.
C) Purchase regular toilets.
D) Pour old medications down the drain.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Which term defines the collective interactions of humans with the environment and the short-term and long-term health consequences of those interactions?

A) environment
B) environmental health
C) planetary health
D) population health

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Describe the key strategies for controlling energy use.

Which element has created unsafe levels in the blood of 435,000 children under age 6 according to the CDC?

Describe various methods for reducing solid waste.

What is the term for buried deposits of decayed animals and plants that are converted into carbon-rich fuels?

According to estimates from the Environmental Protection Agency,the earth's average surface temperature is likely to increase 2.0-3.0 degrees F.by the end of the twenty-first century.

Of most concern to health are gamma rays produced by radioactive sources such as nuclear weapons,nuclear energy plants,and radon gas.

What is the biggest single component of household trash by weight?

Americans are the biggest energy consumers in the world.

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas found in certain soils,rocks,and building materials.

The U.S.Department of Energy is encouraging researchers and automobile manufacturers to produce vehicles that can handle such alternative fuels as ethanol.

Which suggestion could help reduce air pollution?

Describe "alternative fuels" and their part in the future.

What causes an increase in the earth's atmospheric temperature?

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)have been linked to long-term health consequences including cancer and damage to the central nervous system.

Residents of poor and minority communities often receive more exposure to environmental toxins than people who live in wealthier communities.

The term biodegradable means that certain products can break down naturally,safely,and quickly into the raw materials of nature,then disappear back into the environment.

What is a mineral-based compound that was widely used for fire protection and insulation in buildings until the late 1960s?

Air pollution is a new problem.