UNIT 4: RESOURCES and Pollution
Chemicals and Human Health - Pick any two of these then read/listen and write a one paragraph (at least) summary.
Chem-Tox.com Researching effects of chemicals on health
Chemical Body Burden Home Page - read any two of the case studies
Fresh Air - Interview with Mark Shapiro: US Toxic Policy
Fresh Air - Devra Davis: Chemicals, Cancer, and You
NPR: Environmentalists Teach Dos and Don'ts of E-waste
NPR" Eco-friendly Products Often Misleading
NPR: Study explores toxins in the Body
NPR: How Safe is Supermarket Food?
*Are Baby Products Harming Your Child?
Mercury Rising: Link Between Chemical Exposure and Autism
Mercury poisoning scare hits sushi tuna
Are pollutants causing amphibian deformities/decline? Paper by Andy Blaustein
Soil
Physical Properties of Soil: lab
Chemical Composition of Soil: lab
Pollution
Chapter 15 Quiz - Answer on separate sheet or do electronically and email in to me.
Willits public health assessment info
Willits - Earthspeak article on health impacts due to chromium exposure
CDC Summary report re: chromium in Willits
Article on Brownfield Reclamation in Baltimore
Water
ELC: All about Water - read it all!
NOW- Troubled Waters (The Clean Water Act)
Major Water Project Assignment - due Thursday 4/19
*Altered Oceans - 5 part Pulitzer Prize winning series on the oceans. Excellent multimedia presentation!
LA Returns Water to Owens Valley (NPR Morning Edition, Dec 2006)
Water Plentiful but Polluted in El Salvador (NPR Morning Edition)
Air
AirNow - current air quality information
Common Air Pollutants - a summary
EPA - Acid Rain
Useful information on the history of The Clean Air Act
Energy
Chapter 16 Questions: due Friday May 4
Personal Energy Audit: due Monday 5/7 Beware - you need to keep a daily log so don't wait!
Environmental Literacy Council - energy pages - this is a great, clear source of information!
Fossil Fuels:
Chapter 17 Questions: due Friday May 4
The End of Cheap Oil (National Geographic) - article about Peak Oil
NPR: The Costs of Coal in China (5/2/07)
Alternative Energy:
Chapter 18 Questions: due Monday May 7
Biofuels and other alternatives to gasoline:
Summary of alternative fuels: does a pretty good job of pointing out pros and cons of many alternative vehicle fuels and has numerous additional links
Article passed out in class: Is ethanol all it's cracked up to be?
NPR: Offshore wind farm off of Delaware coast
Bioengineering ethanol without corn - news article
