Environmental hazard

Environmental hazard

'Environmental hazard' is a generic term for any situation or state of events which poses a threat to the surrounding environment. This term incorporates topics like pollution and Natural Hazards such as storms and earthquakes.

There are five types of environmental hazards:
# Chemical
# Physical
# Mechanical
# Biological
# Psychosocial

The term can also refer to biological hazards; a large algal bloom is an environmental hazard because it makes the lake uninhabitable for other organisms.


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