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Read the following case study:

You are a new environmental public health specialist in Dammam city. One day you take your car to a garage to get the oil changed. Inside the garage shop you can see unmarked chemical containers and no sign of safety or first aid equipment and you notice that the work space has lots of environmental health hazards. You realize that you need to think through the steps for assessing and addressing this public health issue.

1-What environmental health problems in this car garage? (write 2 problems). (3 to 5 sentences)

2-How these problems can affect the human?

      2-1 Write the routes of exposure to these environmental health problems. (3 to 5 sentences)

      2-2 Write health effects of these environmental health problems.                 (3 to 5 sentences)

Answer 1

1-The environmental health problems in the car garage are as following

Safety and protection

• The chemical used in the car garage are not with names ,do it can be lethal and is a concern for safety
• When natural calamities like earthquakes, flood,storm there are high chances for these chemical to be released in the environment and causing health issues
• There are high chances for the workers to be exposed yo the hazardous chemicals and it may lead to physical hazards

Air pollution

The automobile works can lead to emulsion of gases,fumes which are highly toxic on continuous and prolonged exposure

2-These problems can affect the human by giving chronic diseases or terminally ill diseases.It can affect the respiratory system,musculoskeletal problems, Integumentary problems,central nervous illness,cancer and death.

2-1The route of exposure are

Inhalation of the toxic gases,fumes while breathing (respiratory system )

Penetration of these chemicals into skin (Integumentary system)

2-2The health effects are as following

• Dyspnea,breathing difficult asthma
• Confusion, headache,light headedness,short term memory loss
• Nausea and vomiting due to gastrointestinal effects
• Poor vison is possible due to the ill effects of chemicals