BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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biological and social
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both chemical and physical
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human-made
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natural disasters
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Detailed explanation-1: -Toxicological studies includes the detection, identification, and quantification of hazards ensuing from human exposure to chemicals (smoke, food, and workplace), public health aspects of toxic agents in the environment (air, water, and soil), and testing of novel pharmaceutical products.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chemical hazards and toxic substances pose a wide range of health hazards (such as irritation, sensitization, and carcinogenicity) and physical hazards (such as flammability, corrosion, and explosibility).
Detailed explanation-3: -Hazards can be natural or human-made.
Detailed explanation-4: -Natural and man-made hazards include, for instance, droughts, desertification, floods, fires, earthquakes and dispersion of radioactive gases in the atmosphere.