Reference no: EM131174424
Part 1: Toxic Hazards Worksheet
Use the table to identify toxins, where exposure may take place, risks to the environment, possible health risks to humans, and tools or techniques for measuring exposure of the toxin. Each team member needs to submit at least two toxicants to the following chart.
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Toxin
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Where exposure may take place
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Environmental risks
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Human health risks
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Tools or techniques for measurement
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Example: Asbestos
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Example: Construction workers, demolition workers, drywall removers, asbestos removal workers, shipbuilding tradesmen, firefighters, textile makers, and automobile workers
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Example: Asbestos tiny particles do not break down - often found in air, water, and soil
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Example: Lung cancer
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Example: Air sampler, cassette, and transmission electron microscope - Measure prior to work that may potentially disturb asbestos, using breathing zone air samples representative of employees' time exposure.
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Organize and create a job aid for ease and effectiveness of use on the information in the table. Submit the job aid as a separate document.
Part 2: Global Policies Comparison Paper
Choose a developing nation and a developed nation.
Write a 850 to 1,050-word paper, addressing the following:
• Compare the nations' environmental policies and how they affect the sustainability of natural resources.
• Describe the nations' economic statuses and explain how they affect sustainability of natural resources.
• Explain how human activities negatively affect the environment and health.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Part 3: Resources and Risks Worksheet, Parts 1-3
Part 1: Environmental Risks and Resources
Use the table to identify five environmental problems caused by pollution. Provide a description of each. Identify where the problem originates from, health effects, and what natural resources are affected. Detail methods for increasing sustainability of the affected resources.
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Brief description of the environmental problem caused by pollution
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Origination of the pollution
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Health effects
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Resources affected
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Methods for sustainability of the affected resources
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Part 2: Energy Risks and Resources
Use the table to identify five energy resources and the health risks associated with acquiring and using each resource.
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Energy resource
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Health risks from acquisition
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Health risks from use
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Part 3: Questions
1. In Part 1, how may your sustainability methods be applied on an individual level?
2. In Part 2, what effect does your energy use have on natural resources?
3. Write a response of 200 to 300 words to describe how the students could package the information and use it to make a positive environmental impact in their future. How can they promote a more sustainable living environment?
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List themes that you have identified in the short story
: List 2-3 themes that you have identified in the short story attached and - how you see the writing supporting this thematic direction.
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Compute the hydraulic radius for this channel
: A drainage structure for an industrial park has a trapezoidal cross-section similar to that shown in Fig. 14.2(c). The bottom width is 3.50 ft and the sides are inclined at an angle of 60° from the horizontal. Compute the hydraulic radius for this..
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Define majority and minority in america
: How have the terms minority and majority evolved during your lifetime? How is this supported or negated through your reading of this week's American minority writers? Please share your impressions from the reading, include a quote, and, perhaps, a..
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Country facing an acute financial crisis
: Cassiopeia is a country facing an acute financial crisis. Coupled with a negative growth? rate, the rate of inflation in the economy has increased to almost 12 percent. The government of Cassiopeia has recently appointed a panel of experts to suggest..
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What effect does your energy use have on natural resources
: What effect does your energy use have on natural resources? How may your sustainability methods be applied on an individual level? How can they promote a more sustainable living environment?
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Quality replied that the car had been sold to an adult
: Quality Motors, Inc., refused to sell a car to Hays because he was only 16 years old. However, Quality told Hays that they would sell the car to an adult and then show Hays how to transfer the title to his name. Hays agreed with the scheme and came b..
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Discuss the natuonal evidence which supports this suggestion
: Conceptualise the labour market as mediated by race, gender, ethnicity age, disability and sexuality. Identify and discuss the natuonal evidence which supports this suggestion.
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Calculate the income tax liability
: Using the following tax bracket cutoffs (the cutoffs represent the top of that bracket) calculate the income tax liability for someone with $260,000 of taxable income. (taxable income means that all deductions and exemptions are already accounted for..
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Substantial increase in aggregate demand
: Cassiopeia is a country facing an acute financial crisis. Coupled with a negative growth? rate, the rate of inflation in the economy has increased to almost 12 percent. The government of Cassiopeia has recently appointed a panel of experts to suggest..
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