CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH - Human Exposure Assessment Form to risk agents

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2021/2022
Year: 
3
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2023/2024
Course type: 
Supplementary compulsory subjects
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
6
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
48
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (48 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Fundamental concepts (hazard, risk, exposure, prevention, protection)
- The risk assessment paradigm
- Quantitative approaches for human exposure assessment
- The Italian regulatory framework for the protection of human health and environment
- Chemical risk factors
- Dermal exposure assessment
- Chemical exposure modelling: basic principles

Physical risks (noise, ionizing and non-ionizing radiations, microclimate, vibrations)
- Biological risk
- Occupational risk management
- Environment and health (indoor air quality, urban air pollution, industrial emissions).

Fundamental concepts
- Hazard, risk, exposure and health effects
- Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
- The risk assessment paradigm
- Quantitative approaches for human exposure assessment (environmental monitoring, biological monitoring, exposure modelling).
- The National regulatory framework for the protection of human health

Chemical risk
- classification of risk factors, exposure assessment for chemicals, occupational exposure limits and threshold limit values.
- dermal exposure assessment
- gases and vapours, aerosols and fibres (asbestos)
- basic principles of sampling
- chemical exposure modelling: basic principles

Physical risk
- noise, ionizing and non-ionizing radiations, microclimate, vibrations

Biological risk.

Occupational risk management.

Environment and health, focus on:
- Indoor air quality (IAQ).
- Atmospheric pollution: impacts on human health.
- Industrial air emissions.

Frontal lectures (slides in Italian) and use of the videoconference technology. Some relevant issues can be specifically discussed, possibly using the e-learning platform.

Students can ask for clarifications after each lesson. The lecturer is available by appointment (to be contacted by e-mail). The Office is located at the -1 floor, Via Valleggio 11, Como.