Question

Question 1

Match the agency with the function

NIOSH EPA ATSDR NIEHS EEA

1. Develop and enforce regulations that implement environmental laws enacted by Congress 2. Conduct research to reduce work-related injuries and illnesses 3. Serve as the principal federal public agency involved with hazardous waste issues 4. Reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction due to environmental causes 5. Monitor the state of the environment in Europe

Answer 1

• NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - 2. Conduct research to reduce work-related injuries and illnesses.

A US Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of occupation related illness.

• EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency - 1.Develop and enforce regulations that implement environmental laws enacted by Congress

EPA's cradle-to-grave hazardous waste management system the critical foundation needed to keep America's environment and people free from illness caused by harmful wastes.

• ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry -3.Serve as the principal federal public agency involved with hazardous waste issues.

It protects people from illness related to exposure of natural and man-made hazardous substances.

• NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - 4.Reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction due to environmental causes

The NIEHS mission is to discover the cause of environment in illness of people in order to promote healthier lives.

• EEA European Environment agency- 5. Monitor the state of the environment in Europe

EEA provides independent information on the environment through helping those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental issues and health of public.