Intro to Ch 15 Environmental Risk Assessments. Some definitions  Risk  probability of suffering a loss as a result of exposure to a hazard  Hazard.

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Intro to Ch 15 Environmental Risk Assessments

Some definitions  Risk  probability of suffering a loss as a result of exposure to a hazard  Hazard  anything that can cause injury, death, disease, damage to personal/public property, or deterioration or destruction of environmental components

Environmental Hazards  Cultural  “consequence of choice”  Biological  caused by pathogens  Physical  Extreme weather events, etc  Chemical  Exposure through ingestion, inhalation, absorption through skin

Individual risk assessment   p p   Record your results  Click on “add years to your life” from the living to 100 assessment. Read over what you can do to improve your life expectancy

NameLiving to 100Virtual AgeLife Expectancy

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