Chapter 15 - Environmental Health, Pollution, and Toxicology
Assignments
Chapter 15 PowerPoint
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Salinization Sieral Dillution PowerPoint
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Chapter 15 Outline
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Chapter 15 Practice Quiz
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More Risk Notes
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Health Risks from Heavy Metal Ions - A WebQuest
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The Chemicals Within Questions
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Foundation on Epidemiology: copy notes (can word process)
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Toxicology Problem Set: go through and answer the questions, there are tutorials for each question
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Math Attack
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Chemicals the Environment and You (Do lessons 2 through 6)
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Toxicity Web Quest (word doc)
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Quizlet
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Links
Are pesticides from plants dangerous to humans?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=plant-pesticides-health
Opinion: Will the real organic pesticide please stand up?
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2004/september/organic.htm
EU MPs back pesticide controls
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7825552.stm
Pesticides found in all Oranges tested
http://environment.about.com/b/2005/12/18/dangerous-pesticides-found-in-all-oranges-tested.htm
New Toxic Pesticides to Replace Older Ozone Depleting Pesticide
http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2010/06/new-toxic-pesticides-to-replace-older-ozone-depleting-pesticides/
Mothballs and other toxic pesticides
http://greenerpenny.blogspot.com/2010/06/mothballs-and-other-toxic-pesticides.html
Hidden Chemicals in Perfume and Cologne
http://www.ewg.org/notsosexy
Toxic Chemicals and Household Cleaners
http://www.health-report.co.uk/toxic_household_chemicals.htm
Chemicals and Autism
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/OnCall/Story?id=4857380&page=1
Chemicals in Our Drinking Water
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/chemicals-in-water.html
Poisonings, Toxicities, and Overdoses (see bottom of page)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_metal
Effects of Toxic Metals on Learning Ability and Behavior
http://www.cqs.com/toxicmetals.htm
UK Health Report (read this!)
http://www.health-report.co.uk/cancer_causing_chemicals.html
Light Pollution & Wildlife
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0417_030417_tvlightpollution.html
Campaign for Safer Cosmetics
http://www.safecosmetics.org/
Dose Response Relationships in Toxicology
http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/TIB/dose-response.html
Toxicology Tutor
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/toxtutor.html
Tox FAQs: look up most any toxic compound
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html#bookmark05
A Small Dose of Power Points: look at lead, pesticides, and cancer & genetics
http://www.asmalldoseof.org/ppt/index.php
More Advanced
Light Pollution: National Geographic
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/11/light-pollution/klinkenborg-text
World Health Report
http://www.who.int/whr/en/
National Institute on Environmental Health Science
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/Environmental/
UN Environmental Programs POPs
http://www.chem.unep.ch/pops/
Linking Dioxins to Diabetes
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2002/110p853-858remillard/abstract.html
Readings
Day 1 - Risk, hazards, disease, chemicals
Emerging Infections Diseases
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_1.html
Introduction
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=1
Risk Assessment
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=2
Cancer Risk
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=5
Other Risk
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=6
Day 2 - Toxicology
Human Body as an Ecosystem
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_3.html
Measuring Exposure to Environmental Hazards
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=3
Using Epidemiology in Risk Assessment
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=4
Benefit-Cost Analysis and Risk Assessment
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=7
Day 3 - Risk Analysis
The Emergence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_4.html
Mechanisms of Resistance
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_5.html
Microbial Adaptation and Change
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_6.html
Risk Perception
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=8
Precautionary Principle
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=9
Major Laws
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=6&secNum=10
Day 4 - Toxicology in Depth
Toxicology Tutor I - Basic Principles
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/toxtutor/Tox1/index.html
Travel, Demographics, and Susceptibility
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_9.html
New Technology
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_10.html
Day 5 - Toxicology in Depth
Toxicology Tutor II - Toxicokinetics
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/toxtutor/Tox2/index.html
Animal Reservoirs
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_11.html
Insect Vectors
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_12.html
Day 6 - Toxicology in Depth
Toxicology Tutor III - Cellular Toxicology
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/toxtutor/Tox3/index.html
Climate and Weather
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_13.html/
Preventing and Controlling Emerging Infections Disease
http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/infect/infect_14.html
Videos
Why dont we cough on our sleeves?
http://www.coughsafe.com/media.html
Thirsty World
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/23/what.matters.thirst/index.html
Diseases on the Brink: Guinea Worm
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2006/03/24/science/1194817106827/diseases-on-the-brink-guinea-worm.html
Minamata, Japan
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih2/chemicals/videos/act5/minamata.htm
Dioxin, Duplicity, Dupont
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhVk4R_T7O8