Environmental Health – Important Questions 1. Discuss the methods of water purification on a small-scale level (household water treatment) and safe storage, and large-scale level (community-based water supply and treatment). 2. Describe the water quality criteria and standards. 3. Enumerate the guidelines for drinking-water quality recommended by WHO. 4. Describe the components and steps of surveillance of drinking-water quality. 5. Recognize/enumerate the sources of water pollution. 6. Enumerate the waterborne diseases and their prevention. 7. Discuss solid waste management in urban and rural areas from collection, sorting, storage, transportation, and disposal. 8. Discuss the types of disposal of solid waste, with their advantages and disadvantages. 9. Enumerate the various methods of composting. 10. Describe the disposal methods of wastewater at household level. 11. Describe solid waste management during disasters and special events. 12. Discuss sanitary waste disposal. 13. Discuss the salient features of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan/Mission. 14. Enumerate the methods of disposal of human excreta. 15. Discuss the sanitary methods of excreta disposal in unsewered and sewered areas through the waste-carriage (sewerage) system. 16. Enumerate the components and composition of the sewerage system. 17. Describe the process involved in the sewerage treatment plant. 18. Enumerate the effects/hazards of open defecation on health. 19. Classify the types of hospital waste/hazardous waste as per WHO. 20. Discuss the consequences/types of hazards while handling biomedical waste/hazardous waste. 21. Enumerate the steps in management of biomedical waste. 22. Describe the various technologies and standards for the treatment of hospital waste/biomedical waste. 23. Describe the adverse effects of a hot environment on health, including heat stroke, heat exhaustion, and others. 24. Discuss the prevention of heat illness. 25. Enumerate the immediate first-aid management of heat stroke. Discuss Homoeopathic management. 26. Describe the adverse effects of a cold environment on health, including hypothermia, frostbite, and other cold injuries. 27. Enumerate the immediate first-aid management of cold illness. Discuss Homoeopathic management. 28. Discuss the adverse effects of a high-altitude environment. 29. Enumerate the prevention of adverse effects of high altitude. 30. Enumerate the immediate first-aid measures for managing the adverse effects of high altitude. Discuss Homoeopathic management. 31. Discuss the health effects of noise. 32. Define environmental pollution and enumerate the various types of environmental pollution. 33. Discuss the acute and chronic ill effects of air pollution on health. 34. Describe the major causes of air pollution. 35. Describe the various components of air pollution. 36. Describe monitoring of air pollution and AQI. 37. Discuss the prevention and control of air pollution. 38. Describe the effects of inadequate ventilation on the health of the community. 39. Discuss the types of ventilation. 40. Enumerate the norms and standards of adequate ventilation. 41. Enumerate the problems experienced in poor housing. 42. Enumerate the sources of radiation exposure. 43. Discuss the types of radiation. 44. Describe the effects of radiation on health. 45. Describe the measures for prevention and protection against radiation exposure. From given textbooks onlyyyy and from PARKS textbook Answer all these questions according to their sub topics Water and Health Disposal of Solid waste and water waste Excreta Disposal Bio- medical waste and its manageme nt Temperatu re and health Noise and health Environme ntal Pollution Air and health Ventilation and health Radiation and health Light and Health Housing and Health Strictly from given textbook only These are LAQ if possible at the end explain like story for each 45 answers Give me brief main point from from PARKS textbook onlyy