|
Date
|
Topic
|
Reference
Material
|
| Thurs Aug 24 |
Introduction:
contemporary health issues |
|
| Tues Aug 29 |
The major
players in environmental health |
www.neha.org ; www.niehs.nih.gov
www.epa.gov ; www.fda.gov |
| Thurs Aug 31 |
|
|
| Tues Sep 05 |
|
http://www.co.durham.nc.us/departments/phth/Environmental_Health.html
http://www.ncpublichealth.com
http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us
http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us
|
| Thurs Sep 07 |
The beginnings of
public health:
John Graunt,
Edwin Chadwick,
John Snow. |
US Mortality 2002
John Graunt - the
first biostatistician
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Graunt/graunt.html
Edwin Chadwick - sanitary reformer
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/chadwick2.html
John Snow - Epidemiologist ? Sanitarian ?
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html ;
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/broadstreetpump.html |
| Tues Sep 12 |
The plagues of today
|
http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/19002000.pdf
Typhoid Fever: http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/a/typhoidmary.htm
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/communicable_diseases/en/typh.htm
Cholera: Sack
et al., 2004 ; Lipp et al., 2002
Plague: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5534a4.htm
|
| Thurs Sep 14 |
Our Chemical
Content
|
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
|
| Tues Sep 19 |
Lead and
other metals |
Needleman, 2000
http://www.nimd.go.jp/english/ |
| Thurs Sep 21 |
In-class test |
|
| Tues Sep 26 |
Air
pollution |
www.epa.gov ;
www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/Rachel_Carson/donora.htm ;
Scientific Literature: Hexter and
Goldsmith, 1971 ; Lave and
Seskin, 1970 ; Goldsmith
and Breslow, 1959 ; Amdur, et
al., 1952 |
| Thurs Sep 28 |
| Tues Oct 03 |
| Thurs Oct 05 |
Occupational
diseases |
www.chicagotribute.org/Markers/HullHouse.htm
www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/chemach/hnec/ah.html
www.historymatters.gmu.edu/d/105/
www.cdc.gov/niosh/
Akpinar-Elsi et al., 2005
www.osha.gov
|
| Tues Oct 10 |
| Thurs Oct 12 |
Industrial
accidents: Seveso, Times Beach, Bhopal, Chernobyl |
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu21le/uu21le09.htm ;
http://www.bhopal.com/; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bhopal/default.stm ;
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/chernobyl.html ;
http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm
|
| Tues
Oct 17 |
In-class
Test |
Covering Sept 14 to Oct 12
|
| Thurs
Oct 19 |
Fall
break |
|
| Tues Oct 24 |
Strip Mining
|
Strip Mining
References and Resources
http://www.epa.gov/maia/html/valley.html
http://mtrinfo.wordpress.com/
http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/02/16/reece/
http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/events.php?id=45
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/mtr/mtr_example_sundialwv/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal
http://www.wvculture.org/history/buffcreek/bctitle.html
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/mtr/environmental_impacts/
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/gallery
http://www.wvminesafety.org/History.htm
http://www.coalcampusa.com/sowv/gulf/gulf.htm
http://www.umwa.org
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/mtr/what_is_mtr/
|
| Thurs Oct 26 |
Food
additives, Food Processing
|
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
Powerpoint ; http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/supplmnt.html
|
| Tues Oct 31 |
Malaria |
|
| Thurs Nov 02 |
Global
Warming
|
|
| Tues Nov 07 |
Climate change
|
|
| Thurs Nov 09 |
HC Waste
|
|
| Tues Nov 14 |
Bird Flu
|
|
| Thurs
Nov 16 |
Food
Feast or Famine
|
|
| Tues Nov 21 |
Health Impacts of Urban Sprawl |
|
| Thurs
Nov 23 |
Thanksgiving
break |
|
| Tues Nov 28 |
In-class
test |
Covering
Oct 24 to Nov 21
|
| Thurs Nov 30 |
PCBs |
http://www.wastenotnc.org/WarrenCo_Fact_Sheet.htm
; http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/warren%20county%20rdb.htm |
| Tues Dec 05 |
Love Canal
and Superfund |
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/lovecanal/ ;
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/lcanal/lctimbmb.htm ;
http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/lovecanal/ ;
http://www.cnn.com/US/9808/07/love.canal/
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/;
http://www.nj.gov/dep/srp/superfund/ ;
http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/land/
|
| Thurs
Dec 14 |
8:00
AM Final examination |
|