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Instructor:
R. Wilson
Environmental Technology 100
Purpose:
This website is designed to help you
complete your ET research paper research.
The written report
provides the student with the skills for researching information
using library resources, formulating constructive ideas in
written form, becoming familiar with report formats, and provide
an exercise for practicing the use of correct spelling and
grammar. All are important skills to have to ensure your future
success in education and future employment.
DIRECTIONS:
Each student will provide a 10-15 minute oral
presentation of the 4-6 page written report. The instructor
must approve report topics. Reports must relate to
Environmental Health and Safety topics.
1.
A minimum of three resources must be cited, in
bibliographic format, on a separate page, that relate to your
topic.
2. Use
one source from the World Wide Web.
3.
Only one article from a newspaper or popular
non-technical source.
4. A
photocopy of all sources used must accompany your written
report
Suggested
Report Topics
Topics for the
written report will be covered from two areas of study:
Environmental Health and Safety Issues and Environmental Health
and Safety Disasters.ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY ISSUES
- Aerial application of malathion to control Medfly
infestation
- Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 1977
-
Chlorofluorocarbons use in Third World countries
- Use of DDT in Third World Countries
- Desalination
- Electromagnetic Fields and Human Health
-
Emissions Trading
-
OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)
- Gas chlorination
- PCBs (Polychlorinated
Biphenyls) band and health effects
- Industry Self-Regulation
- MTBE (methyl
tertiary butyl ether) gasoline additive
groundwater contamination
- Under Ground Storage Tanks (UST)
- Hazardous Waste Incineration
- Methyl Bromide fumigation of fruits and vegetables
- Disposal of wastes through injection wells
- Industrial Standards Organization rule 14000 (ISO
14000)
- Alternate Energy
- Phytoremediation
- Ergonomics
- Recycling
- Border environmental issues
- Mercury Fillings in teeth
- Point Loma waste treatment plant
- Yucca Mountain, Nevada Hazardous Waste Repository
- Reformulated gasoline
- Kyota accord 1998
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- EPA National Priority List (NPL)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH)
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY DISASTERS
- ABM-Wade Site in Chester, Pennsylvania EPA NPL
(1983)
- Bhopal India Union Carbide
- Institute West Virginia, Union Carbide
- Love Canal
- Aldicarb contaminated watermelons in California
(1985)
- AMOCO Cadiz oil spill (1978)
- Buffalo Creek disaster (1972)
- Huntington Beach, California oil spill (1990)
- Santa Barbara, California oil spill (1969)
- Keptone disaster (1973)
- Sandoz chemical spill (1986)
- Chernobyl, USSR nuclear reactor explosion (1986)
- Kesterson Wildlife Refuge
Three Mile Island nuclear reactor (1979)
- Exxon Valdez Prince William Sound oil spill (1989)
- Lake Shasta train wreck pesticide disaster (1991)
- Stringfellow Waste Site
- Hurricane Katrina 2005
Written and Oral Report
Criteria
The
written report provides the student with the skills for
researching information using library resources, formulating
constructive ideas in written form, becoming familiar with
report formats, and provide an exercise for practicing the use
of correct spelling and grammar. All are important skills to
have to ensure your future success in education and future
employment.
1.Students choosing an Environmental Health and Safety
Issue will:
a.Fully describe the issue as it relates to topics
discussed in the text, guest speaker or lecture.
b.Provide a complete inventory of the pros and cons; the
arguments for and against.
c.In the conclusion, the student will convey what new
things they learned from researching this topic and what their
personal feelings are about the issue.
2.Students choosing to write about an Environmental
Health and Safety Disaster will:
a.Fully describe the events that led up to the disaster and
the disaster itself.
b.
Provide a description of events that resulted from the
disaster.
c.Provide ideas and approaches that could have been taken
to prevent the disaster from occurring.
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Cajon, California 92019 
