Water Contamination: Sources and Health Impact

3 units · Graduate

Water contamination affects our health and daily life. Water contaminants include biological infectious agents, chemical pollutants, and other toxic agents that are transmitted primarily via water, but also through air, soil, food, and human activities. Lectures will cover emerging and fundamental issues, sources of contamination, pathways of transport, public health impacts, and interventions. Prereq: Credit for Undergrad-level Biology course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for PubHEHS 7360. Cross-listed in PubHEHS.