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Environmental Health Sciences Glossary
Dec 16, 2023This glossary is intended to help understand terms related to Environmental Health Science. Some terms courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
Ableism Acid Rain Acrylamide Activated Carbon Filtration System Aerosols Agricultural Health Air Pollution Allergens Allergic Reaction Aloe Vera Anemia Antibiotic Aquaculture Aquifers Arsenic Asbestos Assays Asthma Atomic Nuclei Autoimmune Diseases Barometer Bioaccumulate Biofuels Biologics Biomagnify Biotechnology Black Lung Disease Bronchitis Buckyballs Cadmium Carbon Cycle Carcinogen Cataracts Chlorides Climate Change Coastal Wetlands Coliform Bacteria Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Corrosion Creosote Crustaceans Cryptosporidium Crystalline Silica Curing Dander DDT Dengue Fever Diabetes Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Dioxin Domoic Acid Poisoning Dredges Drywell E. coli Ecosystem Ecosystem Services Electromagnetic Fields Embalming Fluid Emissions Emphysema Encephalitis Endocrine Endocrine Disruptor Endocrine Gland Endometriosis Environmental Health Environmental Justice Epigenesis Ergonomic Injury Essential Oils Excavation Experimental Design Exposome Exposure Science Extreme Weather Fatty Tissue (Adipose Tissue) Feedstock Fertilizers Fiberglass Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5) Fission Five-G (5G) Flame Retardants Forever Chemicals Formaldehyde Fossil Fuels Fumigants Furans Gamma Rays Gelatin Geothermal Energy Ginkgo Biloba Global Health Global Temperature Grantee Greenhouse Gas Greenhouse Gases Groundwater Gynecomastia Hair Dye Hantavirus Hormone Hydrologic Model Hypoallergenic Incomplete Combustion Inflammation Ingestion (Swallowing) Inorganic Insecticides Justice40 Initiative Lead Leukemia Liquefied Natural Gas Low-emitting Lupus Lyme Disease Malaria Masonry Melatonin Meningitis Mercury Mesoscale Mesothelioma Metabolite Metastasis Methylmercury Microbiome Micrometers Mineral Miscarriage Mixtures Research Mold Molds Moorings Mortuary Munitions Mutagen Naegleria Nanomaterial Nanotechnology Nephropathy Neurotransmitter Neutrons Obesity Obesogens Off-gas Ore Organic Matter Oxidative Damage (Stress) Ozone Parasite Parkinson's Disease Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Perchlorate Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) Pesticide Petroleum Pharmaceuticals Phthalates Phthalic Anhydride Phytoestrogens Plague Plasticizers Pleural Membrane Pneumonia Pollen Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) Postdoctoral Fellowship Precision Environmental Health Promoter Pulmonary Fibrosis Pyrogenic Radiation Radioactive Tracers Radioactive Waste Radioactivity Radon Rat-Bite Fever Reverse Osmosis System Riptides (Rip Current) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Salmonella SARS-CoV-2 Sentinel Species Septic Silica Dust Silicosis Sinusitis Smelter Smog Sterilize Styrene Subsistence Fishing/Hunting Sulfur Dioxide Synthetic Tailings Tallow Textiles Thyroid Gland Tidal Flats Tinnitus Titanium Dioxide Toxicogenomics Toxicology Translational Research TRAP Un-ventilated Vape Ventilation Vertigo Vitamin D Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) West Nile Virus Yellow Fever Zika Virus