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Global environmental concerns have unique societal factors that contribute to the frequency in which people are exposed. Assessing and understanding these contributing factors is necessary in reducing harmful exposures and subsequent health risks. The following session will review the exposure potential and health related risks associated with exposure to arsenic, atrazine, carbaryl, mercury, and naphthalen. The session will also examine the societal (economic, political, and cultural) issues that contribute to these contaminants in the environment.

Session Objectives: Learning objectives 1. Discuss environmental risk factors and exposure pathways associated with 4 environmental health contaminants (arsenic, atrazine, carbaryl, mercury, and naphthalene) 2. Assess societal (economic, political, and cultural) issues that contribute to these contaminants in the environment 3. Evaluate methodologies to measure contaminate exposure 4. Recognize the exposure potential and health risks associated with these 4 contaminants