ENVR 230 (Formerly ENVR 080) : Environmental Health Issues Instructor: Dr. L.M. Ball
Description: This course examines key events that have shaped our understanding of the impacts of environmental agents on human health, and uses them to introduce basic concepts in environmental health.
Textbook: None. Readings will be assigned from websites and scientific literature.
5 Grading Opportunities, all equally weighed:
3 In-class Tests
1 Presentation
1 Final Examination
TOPICS FOR DEBATE
Syllabus:
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Date
|
Topic
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Reference
Material
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| Tues Aug 21 |
Introduction: contemporary health issues | |
| Thurs Aug 23 | Seminar in Hooker Room 0001 | Special seminar by faculty candidate Dr. Erin Lipp:Ecological interactions and impacts of human pathogens in marine environments |
| Tues Aug 28 | The major players in environmental health | www.neha.org ; www.niehs.nih.gov www.epa.gov ; www.fda.gov; www.cpsg.gov; www.who.org: |
| Thurs Aug 30 |
Local issues |
http://www.co.durham.nc.us/departments/ http://www.ncpublichealth.com http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us |
| Tues Sep 04 | 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 |
| Thurs Sep 06 | 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/ Cholera: Sack et al., 2004 ; Lipp et al., 2002 Plague: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5534a4.htm |
| Tues Sep 11 | Our Chemical
Content |
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/ |
| Thurs Sep 13 | Lead and other metals | Needleman, 2000 http://www.nimd.go.jp/english/ |
| Tues Sep 18 |
In-class test | Test from 2006 |
| Thurs Sep 20 | Air pollution | www.epa.gov ; http://www.docheritage.state.pa.us/documents/donora.asp 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 |
| Tues Sep 25 | ||
| Thurs Sep 27 | ||
| Tues Oct 02 | Occupational diseases | Alice Hamilton: www.chicagotribute.org/Markers/HullHouse.htm http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/environment/hamilton.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_137.html http://acswebcontent.acs.org/landmarks/landmarks/hamilton/ham2.html Occupational protection: www.dol.gov www.osha.gov www.cdc.gov/niosh/ Akpinar-Elsi et al., 2005 |
| Thurs Oct 04 | ||
| Tues Oct 09 |
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 |
| Thurs Oct 11 | ||
| Tues Oct 16 | Water |
www.epa.gov http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/water.html http://www.epa.gov/region5/water/cwa.htm http://www.epa.gov/beaches/ http://www.owasa.org/ http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/ |
| Thurs Oct 18 | Fall break | |
| Tues Oct 23 | Food additives, Food Processing | http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
Powerpoint ; http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/supplmnt.html |
| Thurs Oct 25 | In-class
Test |
Covering Sept 11 to Oct 11 2006 Test |
| Tues Oct 30 | Pesticides |
Should we be worried about pesticide residues in food ? Yes: Parker Stevens Powerpoint Against: Kevin Plotnick Powerpoint |
| Thurs Nov 01 | Global
Warming |
Does Global
Warming mean the end of life as we know it ? For: - Against: Shelly Tessitore Powerpoint |
| Tues Nov 06 | Drinking Water | Should we be worried about the quality of our drinking water
? Yes: Lily Clark Powerpoint No: Emma Susick Powerpoint |
| Thurs Nov 08 | Global Pollution |
Outsourcing -
are we exporting our pollution along with our jobs ? Yes: Alice Wang Powerpoint No: Angela Wang Powerpoint |
| Tues Nov 13 | Food Safety |
Is the current
oversight of food safety adequate to ensure that our food is OK to eat ? Yes: Allison Weis Powerpoint No: David Scoville Powerpoint |
| Thurs Nov 15 | Environment
and Asthma |
Is
there an environmental cause for the increase in asthma cases in
children ? Yes: and No:: Anne Stephano Powerpoint |
| Tues Nov 20 | Pandemic Disease |
Should we be worried about a flu pandemic ? Yes: Charu Sood Against: Scott Espenschied Powerpoint |
| Thurs Nov 22 | Thanksgiving break | |
| Tues Nov 27 | In-class test |
Covering
Oct 16 to Nov 20 |
| Thurs Nov 29 | 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/ |
| Tues Dec 04 | PCBs and Environmental Justice | http://www.wastenotnc.org/WarrenCo_Fact_Sheet.htm
; http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/warren%20county%20rdb.htm |
| Tues Dec 11 | 8:00 AM Final examination | 2006 Final |