Environmental hazard

The international pictogram for environmental hazards.

Environmental hazards are those hazards that affect biomes or ecosystems.[1] Well known examples include oil spills, water pollution, slash and burn deforestation, air pollution, ground fissures,[2] and build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide.[3] Physical exposure to environmental hazards is usually involuntary[3]

  1. ^ "Environmental Hazards & Health Effects" (PDF). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Environmental hazard". Defined Term - A dictionary of legal, industry-specific, and uncommon terms. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2017. quoted from Code of Maryland, January 1, 2014
  3. ^ a b Smith, Keith (1993). Environmental hazards: assessing risk and reducing disaster. Routledge physical environment series (Reprint ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-01217-1.