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Appendix C: Tableof Known and Suspected Environment-Related Health Effects
Pages 177-190

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... Physical Factors in the Environment References * Assembled for this planning committee by Allyn Mortimer of the ION staff.
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... Toys, beads, and painted objects Urban design Tobacco combustion products 6 from smake-filled atmospheres Formaldehyde from insulation C-7 Acute fatalities from carbon monoxide, fires and explosions, and discarded refrigerators, burns; increase in diseases of the respiratory tract in infants Acute illness from fumes, aggravation of asthma; increase in chronic respiratory disease Spread of acute and contribution to chronic disease morbidity and mortality, stress Accidental fatality, accidental injury, morbidity and mortality from lack of protection from heat or cold, morbidity due to fire or explosion Childhood lead-poisoning, associated with mental impairment, anemia, and some fatalities5; renal and hepatic toxicity, fatalities from ingestion Fatalities from f ire and injury, morbidity from f ire and inj ury, fatalities and morbidity from poisoning Morbidity and mortality from swallowing small obj ects, lead poisoning from paint Increased accident risks, contribution to mental illness, stress Minor eye and throat irritations; during first year of life, children of smoking parents may be more likely to have bronchitis and pneumonia; effects on fetus; possible long-term effects on the physical and intellectual development of children; possible accelerated loss of pulmonary vital capacity Eye and respiratory tract irritation .
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... Yusho d isease Birth defects, central nervous system damage, death Chromosome breaks in lymphocytes, central nervous system dodge Nervous system affected; kidney af fected Carcinogenic in experimental animals TABLE C-3b . 11IE COMMUNITY EN~TIRO~=T: WATEP~3 ~ 7, 10, 15 Agent' Pollutant, or Source Disease, Effect' Illness, or Injury Bacteria Viruses Sof t water areas Sulfates and/or phosphates Fluorides when in excess Organic chemical contaminants Rain we ter acid ity Nitrate contamination Oil spills Chlorination Epidemic and endemic gastrointestinal infections (typhoid, cholera, shigellosis, salmonellosis, leptospiro~is, etc .
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... Sulfur oxides and particulate matter from combustion sources llonspec if ic par ticulate matter Oxidants Ozone Carbon monoxide Nitrogen dioxide Lead Hydrogen sulf ide Mercaptans Asbestos O r gano pho sphorus p es t ic id es Beryllium Airborne microorganisms Disease Effect, Iliness' or Injury Aggravation of asthma and chronic bronchitis, impairment of pulmonary function, sensory irritation Short-term increase in morbidity and mortality, aggravation of bronchitis and cardiovascular disease, contributory role in etiology of chronic bronchitis, and emphysema, contributory role in respiratory disease in children, contributory role in etiology of lung cancer Increase in chronic respiratory d isease Aggravates emphysema, asthma, and bronchitis, impairs lung function in patients with bronchitisemphys~ma; eye and respiratory irritation and impairment in performance of athletes Impairs lung function, acceleration of aging (possibly due to lipid peroxidation and related processes) Impairs exercise tolerance in patients with cardiovascular disease.
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... Isolated populations Technological change and industrialization Poverty and economic dislocation crises Disease, Effects Illness, or Injury Some epidemiologic studies show high rates of schizophrenia, crime, suicide, alcoholism, and drug abused increased risk of epidemics; stress May show higher rates of mental disorders, e.g. mental retardation-presumably from inbreeding Modifies psychological attitudes, rapid shifts in values, fragmentation of personal service*
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... 7. Report of the Second Task Force for Research Planning in Environmental Health Science.
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Key Terms

  • source disease
  • lung function
  • central nervous
  • contributory role
  • respiratory disease

  • respiratory tract
  • sensory irritation
  • environment table
  • chronic bronchitis
  • sulfur oxides

  • chronic respiratory
  • lung cancer
  • acute illness
  • carbon monoxide
  • life events

  • sulfur dioxide
  • impairs lung
  • contaminated water
  • disease spread
  • indoor environment

  • pulmonary vital
  • experimental animals
  • human excrete
  • health hazards
  • alkyl mercury

  • solvents household
  • polychlorinated biphenyl
  • dodge nervous
  • increased storage
  • social supports


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