What factors account for these trends? Does the increase in environmentally related health risks reflect an underlying increase in the pathogenicity of certain environments or are specific patterns of human social interaction within those environments instead to blame?

Pathological Environment The environments within which people live and work are not the benign settings we often assume. Some of environments are potentially pathological. Work-related cancers and injuries, lung damage from indoor and outdoor air pollution, asbestos exposure, illnesses from unclean water, the rising number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases, and mounting evidence linking neuro-behavioral disorders in children to exposure to lead and other toxic chemicals all indicate that the environments in which we live, work, learn, and play can pose serious risks to our health. Despite the fact that in the 1960 and 1970s the US legislators established a number of agencies charged with identifying environmental hazards and setting standards to protect human health injury, illness and death due to environmental health hazards still persist.
What factors account for these trends? Does the increase in environmentally related health risks reflect an underlying increase in the pathogenicity of certain environments or are specific patterns of human social interaction within those environments instead to blame? Does the rising environmental health toll reflect heightened human awareness or perhaps an increased vulnerability to such risks? By your research, select and describe the potential pathological environment. Determine the pathological effects of the environment. Assess the OleI ramifications resulting from continual and outline means to minimize risk.
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