Given that engineering interventions are not always possible in this type of work, what would be the next best way of protecting oil rig workers?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The correct answer is D because developing, teaching, and reinforcing safe work habits for every task is crucial in protecting oil rig workers when engineering interventions are not always possible. By instilling safe work practices, workers are equipped to minimize risks and prevent accidents proactively. Keeping the drilling rig clean (A) is important but may not address all safety concerns. Responding effectively to emergencies (B) is reactive and does not focus on prevention. The mandatory use of hard hats and safety goggles (C) is essential but does not cover all aspects of safety in the workplace like safe work habits do.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Because 25% of worldwide preventable illnesses are caused by poor environmental quality, nurses need to ask critical questions about their clients' work and home environments to help discern the contributions of specific hazards to their health. This can be accomplished by an environmental health history. The other responses do not address a question that would be addressed during an environmental health history.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The ultimate goal is liberating people from health-damaging environmental conditions by using collective actions. Mechanisms have included strategic organization, litigation, public hearing testimony, letter-writing campaigns, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations. Helping the community create political change through organization, use of media, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations shows how collective action can be applied. The other interventions do not demonstrate the use of collective action.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Discriminatory land use ensures that many impoverished and marginalized groups, especially people of color, live in close proximity to industrial contamination. Members of these communities are at risk for illness and injury. The other responses do not correctly define discriminatory land use.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: All three (mass transit, clean power, and industry) emit air pollutants, which result in smog, the most common outdoor air pollutant in the United States. Atmospheric pollutants cause or contribute to asthma, allergic reactions, bronchitis, lung cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and death. They also harm animals and plants. The most inclusive answer refers to air pollutants, although certainly, the others are true in society today.