Prerequisites: EHS 507, Epidemiology (concurrent enrollment acceptable) or Perm. Instr.
This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to understand risk assessment methods. Students will understand the use and limitations of risk assessment in establishing exposure standards, acceptable concentrations, and the environmental criteria for hazardous substances that present a risk of carcinogenic or other health effects and the suitability of risk assessment for such purposes. The basic approaches to environmental risk assessment will be emphasized, including methods for identifying health effects, modeling of health effects, and derivation of risk estimates. Methods for dealing with uncertainties as well as limitations and criticisms of risk assessment methods will be discussed. Specific examples of risk assessments will be analyzed and critiqued.
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EHS600
Professional Perspectives in Environmental Health
Fall
term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s):
Jolliet, Olivier
Prerequisites: Grad Status, Completion of approved internship, research or practical experience
This project-oriented course provides the student the opportunity to integrate academic principles, practical skills and concepts in environmental health as related to the broader scope of public health. Students will carry out a 2 credit hour applied group project, having to synthesize their acquired knowledge from different courses and subplans to address real world problems. Students will provide oral presentation (intermediary and final) and written reports on the conducted project. This culminating capstone course will be elected during the professional students last fall term in residence.
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EHS672
Life cycle assessment: Human health and environmental impacts
Fall
term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s):
Jolliet, Olivier
Prerequisites: None
This 3-hour course describes how consumption and products affect environmental risks and impacts on human health and on ecosystems. Based on a life cycle approach, this course will first provide an overview of the impacts generated by consumers and by the students themselves. How to carry out Life Cycle Assessment (LCA ) of products and services will then be presented. For the Life Cycle Impact Assessment phase, a special focus will be given to the characterization of comparative risks of toxics substances on human health and ecosystems. This leads to discussion of the potentials and limitations of LCA compared to other assessment tools such as risk assessment and environmental impact assessment. Practical case studies will be taken from multiple consumption domains, from agriculture and food production up to electronic services.
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