Topic

Public Health

Instructions

What does the term emerging infectious diseases refer to?

List 3 ways in which globalization influence public health

Why do children tend to be more susceptible to environmental toxins?

List four factors that are responsible for emerging infectious disease?

List the most common sources of childhood exposure to pesticides and discuss the reason why children are more susceptible to pesticides than are adults?

Answer preview

Children tend to be more susceptible to environmental toxins because of a number of reasons

Their immune systems are still developing and hence exposure to environmental toxins could present an irreversible damage
Children behaviors like crawling and playing keep them in constant contact with the environment in which the toxins are.
They have little control over their environment as they do not understand the involved risks.

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