sec.47Meaning of environmental health event

### sec.47 Meaning of environmental health event An environmental health event is an event involving human exposure to a substance or other thing that is known to have, or is reasonably suspected of having, an adverse effect on human health. Exposure may happen in connection with— a single identifiable event; or an outbreak in a hospital of a new strain of a previously controlled bacterial infection a situation that happens over a period of time. the exposure to industrial fumes, over a period of years, of persons in a populated area (sec.47-ssec.1) An environmental health event is an event involving human exposure to a substance or other thing that is known to have, or is reasonably suspected of having, an adverse effect on human health. (sec.47-ssec.2) Exposure may happen in connection with— a single identifiable event; or an outbreak in a hospital of a new strain of a previously controlled bacterial infection a situation that happens over a period of time. the exposure to industrial fumes, over a period of years, of persons in a populated area - (a) a single identifiable event; or Example of a single identifiable event— an outbreak in a hospital of a new strain of a previously controlled bacterial infection - (b) a situation that happens over a period of time. Example of a situation that happens over a period of time— the exposure to industrial fumes, over a period of years, of persons in a populated area