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bcretired

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The nurse visits a community along a creek where residents have begun to report upper respiratory illnesses and asthma. After investigating, the nurse learns that several miles upstream is a hazardous material disposal site.
 
  In addition, chemicals have leached through the soil into the creek water and have been carried downstream to this community. Although children are not allowed into the creek, they do often play along the bank. Which represents the route of exposure in this situation?
  A) Creek water
  B) Chemicals
  C) Bank of the creek
  D) Inhalation

Question 2

Several important pieces of legislation have helped highlight the importance of environmental health and environmental protection. Which best describes Superfund?
 
  A) National program to control the damaging effects of air pollution
  B) Program that protects and enhances the quality of the nation's air by regulating stationary and mobile sources of air emissions
  C) Environmental program established to address abandoned hazardous waste sites
  D) Comprehensive framework of standards, technical tools, and financial assistance to address the many causes of pollution and poor water quality



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Feedback:
The route of exposure is how the contaminant enters the body, such as inhalation. The point of exposure is the place where people come in contact with the contaminated medium, which in this case would be the bank of the creek. The source of contamination is used to describe what the contaminants are and where they originate, which in this case would be the chemicals. The environmental medium that the contaminant is in is the creek water.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
Superfund is the name given to the environmental program established to address abandoned hazardous waste sites. The Clean Water Act focuses on improving the quality of the nation's waters. It provides a comprehensive framework of standards, technical tools, and financial assistance to address the many causes of pollution and poor water quality, including municipal and industrial wastewater discharges, polluted runoff from urban and rural areas, and habitat destruction. The Clean Air Act is a national program to control the damaging effects of air pollution. It protects and enhances the quality of the nation's air by regulating stationary and mobile sources of air emissions.



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