环境科学理学学士-环境卫生

几千年来，人们已经认识到环境退化对人类健康的负面影响。如今，接触农药，工业产生的重金属和微粒，化学品泄漏，无法获得健康食品等的情况变得更加普遍，常常不成比例地影响处于边缘地位和经济上处于不利地位的人。在发展中国家，无饮用水是造成无数死亡的原因。不断变暖的星球扩大了诸如蚊子等疾病的传播范围，使人类面临新的病原体，而长期的干旱和洪水事件使人们流离失所，成为环境难民，以寻求更合适和更稳定的气候生活和种植食物。因此，对具有环境领域专业知识的公共卫生专业人员的需求正在增加。通过该计划，学生将了解造成全球环境健康问题
The negative effects of environmental degradation on human health have been recognized for millennia. Today, exposure to pesticides, heavy metals and particulates produced by industry, chemical spills, lack of access to healthy food, among others, have become more prevalent, often disproportionately affecting the marginalized and economically disadvantaged. In developing countries, lack of potable water is responsible for countless deaths. A warming planet has expanded the range of disease vectors, such as mosquitoes, exposing human populations to novel disease agents, and extended droughts and flooding events have caused people to move off their land, becoming environmental refugees in search of a more suitable and stable climate to live and grow food. Thus, the need for public health professionals with expertise in the environmental realm is expanding. Through this program, students will learn about the factors contributing to the global burden of environmental health concerns and health disparities and to work effectively within local and global communities to address them.