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Module 3: Environmental Health in Industry

Objectives

At the end of this module, the participants are expected to be acquainted with elementary aspects
in the recognition and control of hazards
related to:

• air contaminations
• skin irritants
• noise
• temperature extremes

• illuminations
• radiation

Concept of Safety and Environmental Health
Environmental Health is a field that is concerned with all the aspects of
the natural and built environments that affect individual and population

health. Occupational safety, a subfield Environmental Health,
specifically deals with workplace health and safety and has a strong
focus on the primary prevention of hazards that can cause injuries and
diseases. Safety and Environmental both have the same goal and that
is Accident Prevention. They both have the same key program

elements of:

• recognition
• evaluation and

• control

Types of Hazards

• Air Pollutants
• Skin Irritants
• Noise

• Extremes of Temperature
• Illumination
• Radiation

• Ventilation
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