Demonstrate an understanding of the problems associated with the effects of the environment on public health.
Identify the importance of occupational safety and industrial hygiene in the workplace.
Explain the most important challenges faced in environmental and public health. Go to the EPA NPL list, http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/ and choose your state.
Choose a site The site you choose needs to be approved by your instructor. Post your proposed site in the third Discussion topic or send your instructor an e-mail detailing your proposed site.
Once approved, write a 7-10 page paper (not including title page and references) that gives the background of your hazardous waste site, what agencies were involved, what pollutants have been found there, the extent of contamination, the number of people harmed and with what diseases, what studies were done on the site and people, and what the clean-up consisted of. Unit outcomes addressed in this activity:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the problems associated with the effects of the environment on public health.
- Identify the importance of occupational safety and industrial hygiene in the workplace.
- Explain the most important challenges faced in environmental and public health.
Course outcome
HS415-5: Describe the risk-assessment and risk-management process.
GEL-1.1: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English
GEL-2.2: Interpret various data formats
Instructions:
Go to the EPA NPL list, http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/
and choose your state.
Choose a site
The site you choose needs to be approved by your instructor. Post your proposed site in the third Discussion topic or send your instructor an e-mail detailing your proposed site. Once approved, write a 7-10 page paper (not including title page and references) that gives the background of your hazardous waste site, what agencies were involved, what pollutants have been found there, the extent of contamination, the number of people harmed and with what diseases, what studies were done on the site and people, and what the clean-up consisted of.
References: The document should also include the references that you used (at least 3 other than your book). For information on APA reference style please go to the Kaplan Writing Center and refer to the Writing Center Resource file in Doc Sharing.
Put your essay in a Word document.
Requirements
- 7-10 Pages (excluding title page and references).
- APA format.
- At least 4 scholarly references (Wikipedia is not considered an authoritative source).
- Be sure that your grammar, sentence structure, and word usage is proper.
- Double check for citations and that any quotations are shown as such. Please keep quotations to no more than 15% of the paper.