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The course “Environmental Pollution and Human Health” is a Core Course in B.Sc. Environmental Science under the Choice Based Credit System (CBSE). The course would also be useful as one of the compulsory subject for all students of the undergraduate streams, e.g. arts, science, commerce and other biomedical sciences. The course is specially designed to supplement and enhance the understanding of students about different dimensions of aspects of environmental contamination, which have adverse effects on human health. It will emphasize understanding mechanisms of pollutants impacting human health by developing an understanding of different types of contaminants, their sources and mitigation measures.The objectives of this course are to give the target students/audience an understanding of :
- Conception and significance of the variable factors causing deterioration of the environment
- Monitoring and controlling measures of air, water, noise, radioactive and thermal pollution
- Significance of Environment and Human Health
- Utilization of the latest scientific and mechanical technologies to control the environmental deterioration
- Biotechnological interventions and pollution control
- The significance of implementing a worldwide eco-energy policy to tackle global warming and climate change problems
- Environmental legislation, regulations and other policy mechanisms
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COURSE LAYOUT Week 1 • Global Warming • Nuclear Pollutio • Acid Rai • Ozone depletio Week 2 • Noise Pollution – I • Noise Pollution – II • Soil Pollutio • Marine Pollutio Week 3 • Prevention of pollutio • Photochemical Smog • Pollution case studies – I Air Pollution and Industrial Disaste • Pollution case studies – II Water and Soil Pollutio Week 4 • Nuclear accidents and holocaus • Water Pollutio • Air Pollutio • Thermal Pollutio Week 5 • Climate Change • Solid waste Manageme • Wasteland reclamatio • Desertificatio Week 6 • Role of women and child in environmental protectio • Role of Individuals in conservation of natural resources • Value Educatio • Human rights and the Environme Week 7 • Concept of sustainable developme • Environmental ethics • Environmental and Ethical issues of GMOs • Biocides and heavy metals: Impact on Aquatic life Week 8 • Need for public awareness in Environmental Studies • Environmental and Human Health – HIV/AIDS • Role of Information Technology in Environmental and human health • Resettlement and rehabilitation of people- its problems and concerns Week 9 • Concept of Food Security • Biotechnology in Pollution control • Biodegradation and Bioremediatio • Radioactive Pollution: waste management and control Week 1 • Problems in enforcement of environmental legislatio • Salient features of Biomedical waste (management and handling) rules (1998) • Salient features of Noise pollution (regulations and control) rules (2000) • Salient features of Municipal solid wastes (management and handling) rules (2000) Week 11 • Salient features of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act (1974) • Salient features of The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act (1987) • Salient features of the Environmental (Protection) Act (1986) • Salient features of Hazardous waste management and handling rules (1989)
