EOH 356B

Environmental Health II

Professor: Thomas H. Hatfield, R.E.H.S, Dr.P.H.

1. OVERVIEW

2. MODULES

3. LINKS

OVERVIEW:

1. How this web site works

2. Getting Started

3. Course Syllabus

4. Terms

5. People in Environmental Health

Getting Started

If you haven't already done so, be sure to read "how this web site works." With time, I hope you will find this web site to be very helpful. However, I also know that technology can sometimes turn on us! With that in mind, please consider the following common sense recommendations:

1. When all else fails, contact me! You can contact me:

• by phone (818-677-4708),
• by fax (818-677-2045),
• by email,
• during office hours, or
• in class.

2. Don't forget the other traditional sources:

• Consult the syllabus.
• Consult the textbook.
• Talk with your classmates.

3. Click here for county libraries with internet access.

Syllabus:

A. Course Description

B. Course Objectives

C. Instructor

D. Grading

E. Text

A. Course Description

This course is an analysis of physical, chemical, and biological influences

on human health with the aim of controlling them.  

Prerequisites: completion of a basic science background.

[3] credits

B. Course Objectives:

 
    The purpose of Health Science 356A and 356B is to introduce 
 basic terms, core concepts, and fundamental skills used by 
 environmental health professionals.  On completion of this 
 course the student should be able to: 
 
     1. analyze environmental agents in terms of their 
 sources, basic attributes, and fate;
 
     2. identify adverse effects from each agent on 
 human health (acute and chronic), ecosystems, and 
 other risks (including economic and psychological); and 
 
     3. select protective measures for each effect with 
 systematic controls consistent with laws     
         (emphasizing risk communication and management).

C. Instructor: Tom Hatfield, R.E.H.S., Dr.P.H.

Dept. of Health Sciences
California State University
Northridge CA 91330 U.S.A. 
 
Office hours:  MW 12:15-1:15  (Room 2101-H)
Phone:           Office:   818-677-4708           
 FAX:     818-677-2045                    
Lectures:       Sect. 1:  MW 11-12:15   
                     Sect. 2:   M  4-7     

D. Grading

3 objective exams (equal weight, non-cumulative)

1 journal article summary (further explanation in class)

E. Text:

Salvato J., Environmental Engineering and Sanitation,

John Wiley and Sons, 1992.

Introduction Exams (no longer in use)

1. Context
2. Risk Analysis

Air Quality exams (see moodle site – these versions are no longer in use)

1. Air pollution
2. Sources of Air Pollution
3. Photochemical smog
5. Health Effects from Air Pollutants
6. Controls of Air Pollutants
7. Gasoline and Engines
9. Indoor Air Pollution
10. Clean Air Act
11. Health Effects of Criteria Pollutants

Drinking Water exams (see moodle site – these versions are no longer in use)

1. Water Sources and Uses
2. Hard Water
4. Hydrologic cycle
5. Groundwater
6. Limnology
8. Standards
9. Safe Drinking Water Act
10. Reverse Osmosis
12. Chlorination
13. Alternatives to Chlorination
14. Swimming Pools

Wastewater exams (see moodle site – these versions are no longer in use)

1. Wastewater sources
2. Wastewater characteristics
3. Soils and Wells
5. Wastewater treatment -- 1
6. Wastewater treatment -- 2
7. Septic Tanks

Radiation exams (see moodle site – these versions are no longer in use)

1. Radiation sources
2. Ionizing radiation
3. Non-ionizing Radiation sources
5. Radiation applications

4. Terms

1. Exam #1

2. Exam #2

3. Exam #3

Exam #1:

101	air pollution
102	criteria pollutants	140	macrophage
103	particulates:	141	asphyxiant
104	dust	142	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
105	smoke	14 3	cyclone separator
106	fumes	14 4	wet scrubber
107	mist	14 5	electrostatic precipitator
108	sprays	146	fabric filter
109	TSP	147	baghouse filter
110	PM-10	14 8	settling chambers
111	high vol sampler	149	sonic collectors
112	cascade impactor	150	fuel desulfurization
113	dustfall jar	15 1	fuel substitution
114	chemoluminescence	152	flue gas desulfurization
115	photochemical smog	15 3	absorption, adsorption
116	plume	154	reducing catalysts
117	wind rose	155	oxidizing catalysts
118	sinks	15 6	positive crankcase ventilation (PCV)
119	rainout	157	vapor recovery systems
120	washout	158	exhaust gas recirculation
121	cyclonic conditions	15 9	catalytic converters:
122	anticyclonic conditions	160	dual bed, 3 way
123	prevailing or environmental lapse rates:	16 1	Clean Air Act:
124	adiabatic	162	best practicable technology
125	subadiabatic	16 3	air quality management
126	superadiabatic	164	pollutant standards index
127	inversion	165	prevention of significant deterioration
128	inversions	166	necrosis, chlorosis
129	subsidence	16 7	non-attainment areas
130	radiation (surface)	168	atmosphere
131	frontal	169	troposphere
132	greenhouse gases	170	stratosphere
133	urban heat island	17 1	mesosphere
134	respiratory regions:	17 2	thermosphere
135	nasopharyngeal	17 3	acid rain
136	trachobronchial
137	respiratory bronchioles and alveoli
138	cilia
139	CFCs

Exam #2:

101	hydrologic cycle	147	filtration
102	evaporation	148	slow sand filter
103	transpiration	149	rapid sand filter
104	precipitation	150	mixed media filters
105	watershed runoff	151	pressure sand filter
106	percolation	152	diatomaceous earth filter
107	leaching	153	stabilization
108	capillarity	154	chlorination
109	groundwater	155	free residual chlorine
110	zone of aeration	156	hypochlorous acid
111	zone of saturation	157	hypoclorite ion
112	confined aquifer	158	chloramines
113	effective porosity	159	chlorine demand
114	specific yield	160	breakpoint chlorination
115	specific retention	161	DPD (chlorine indicator)
116	water table	162	alternatives to chlorination
117	surface water	163	swimming pools
118	eutrophication	164	cross connections
119	limnology	165	wastewater
120	epilimnion	616	total solids content
121	metalimnion	167	filterable solids
122	thermocline	168	colloids
123	hypolimnion	169	BOD, COD, TOD, TOC
124	homothermous	170	primary, secondary, tertiary
125	drinking water standards	171	bar screen
126	primary standards	172	grit chamber
127	secondary standards	173	comminuter
128	Minimata disease	174	primary sedimentation
129	methemoglobinemia	175	Imhoff tank
130	Carbon Chloroform Extract	176	activated sludge
131	bacteriological quality	177	trickling filters
132	presumptive test	178	rotating biological contactor
133	confirmed test	179	intermittent sand filter
134	completed test	180	waste stabilization ponds
135	MPN	181	reverse osmosis
136	membrane filter	812	electrodialysis
137	IMViC	183	ammonia stripping
138	elevated temp. test	184	sludge digestion
139	water hardness	185	assimilative capacity
140	turbidity	186	aerobic stabilization
141	Secchi disk	187	sedimentation
142	ion exchange	188	pressure, psia, psig
143	water softening	189	cross connections:
144	activated carbon	190	backsiphonage, backpressure
145	coagulation	191	backflow prevention:
146	alum, flocculation	192	air gap, vacuum breakers

Exam #3:

101	pit privy	143	half life
102	cesspools	144	radioactive half life
103	septic tanks	145	biological half life
104	perc test	146	effective half life
105	radiation	147	concentration factor
106	ionizing radiation	148	dose response functions
107	ion	149	linear
108	radioisotope	150	quadratic
109	free radical	151	linear-quadratic
110	fundamental interactions	152	factors affecting sensitivity
111	gravitational	153	mitotic activity
112	electromagnetic	154	differentiation
113	strong interactions	155	radiosensitizers
114	weak interactions	156	sulfhydral groups
115	elementary particles	157	inverse square law
116	baryons	158	half value layer
117	nucleons	159	jurisdiction (NRC,EPA,DOE)
118	hyperons	160	fission, fusion
119	mesons	161	critical mass
120	leptons	162	enrichment
121	photons	163	thermal neutrons
122	directly ionizing radiation	164	implosion
123	alpha particles	165	mining, milling
124	beta particles	166	refining, conversion
125	other charged particles	167	fuel rods
126	indirectly ionizing radiation	168	control rods
127	gamma	169	moderators
128	X-ray	170	heavy water
129	neutrons	171	types of reactors
130	measures	172	light water (LWR)
131	curie, becquerel	173	boiling water (BWR)
132	roentgen, exposure unit	174	pressurized water (PWR)
133	RAD, gray	175	high temp. gas-cooled (HTGR)
134	REM, seiverts	176	breeder (LMFBR)
135	LET	177	radioactive wastes
136	RBE, QF	178	spent fuel rods
137	sources of radiation	179	transuranic
138	natural (terrestrial, cosmic)	180	high level
139	artificial	181	low level
140	effects (acute, chronic)	182	mill tailings
141	somatic, genetic	183	radon
142	alopecia	184	carbon dating
		185	food irradiation
		186	iodine tracers
		187	neutron activation

Page updated: 4/25/02