Environmental health

scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness

any factor, whether abiotic or biotic, that influences living organisms in an ecosystem

solids, liquids, or gases that can harm people, other living organisms, property, or the environment

thumb|250px|A wild rabbit – considered a Pest (organism)|pest by many, due to its destruction of farm crops

public health branch focused on environmental impacts on human health

British social reformer (1800-1890)

disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms that most commonly are transmitted in contaminated fresh water

medical specialty

the study of the relationship between natural geological factors and their effects on human and animal health

fundamental right originated from public inquiry into chemical compositions of substances

class of non-hereditary diseases

metaphor used to describe the condition of an ecosystem

a substance, a condition or an event which has the potential to threaten the surrounding natural environment or adversely affect people's health

study of human health and ecosystems

change in health resulting from exposure to a source such as pollution, occupational noxae, medical drugs and psychotropic substances, transport, war events

term in medicine about management of environmental factors that may reduce the risk of unhealthy behavior

individual responsible for protecting public health

disorder of chronic intestinal inflammation

science concerned with environmental exposure impacts on human health

export of illegal pesticides

study of an organism's contact with chemical, physical, biological agents or other health risk occurring in their environments

process of estimating or measuring the magnitude, frequency and duration of exposure to a potentially harmful agent