5-Which of the following best explains why it is difficult to get others interes

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5-Which of the following best explains why it is difficult to get others interested in environmental health? a Environmental problems just are not interesting or dramatic. b. It's difficult to get media interested. c. People respond more to an acute crisis than chronic environmental problems. d. People respond more to an individual asking for help than a community asking for help. 6-What would be an appropriate term for intoxicated drivers, secondhand smoke, urban crowding, noise, and mechanization? a. Risks of living style b. Risks in the built environment c. Personal health risks d. Modern day health risks 7-What is meant by discriminatory land use? a. Backlash against companies that do not protect the environment b. Daily insults to people who live in a particular community e. Locating industrial hazards in low-income communities d. Political recognition that companies support a safe environment 8-It has been learned that a particular industry has vastly polluted the surrounding neighborhood. Which of the following actions would most likely be taken by those living in the neighborhood? a. Band together to shut the industry down b. Nothing, because of family ties and cost of relocation c. Immediately move to a different neighborhood d. Seek legal reimbursement for the hazard exposure 9-Which of the following statements supports why it is believed that the risks of various employment positions are inaccurate? a Companies refuse to share employee injury information b. Because factories reimburse employees directly, the injury is not reported e. Individuals assume it is a personal problem, not an employment issue. d. Most employment positions do not have known risks. 10-Why are health care providers concerned over such social issues as mass transit, clean power, and the farming industry? a Because air pollutants are contributors to asthma and other health peoblems b. Clean power would reduce the pollution that results from burning of high sulfur coal Manure runoff from industrial farming is polluting water and killing fish throughout the United States.

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5. c.people respond more to an acute crisis than chronic environmental problems.

6.b.risks in the built environment.

7.c locating industrial hazards in low income communities.

8.b.nothing because of family ties and relocation cost.

9.c individuals assume it is a personal problem not an employment issue.

10.a.Because air pollutant are contributors to asthma and other health problems.

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