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Date
|
Topic
|
Reference
Material
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Tues
Aug 25 |
Introduction:
contemporary health issues |
Environmental Health
|
| Thurs Aug 27 |
The major
players in environmental health: International
|
http://www.un.org/
http://www.unep.org/
http://www.who.int/en/
http://www.fao.org/
|
| Tues Sept 01 |
The major
players in environmental health: National
|
The FDA ; www.fda.gov;
www.epa.gov ; www.cpsc.gov;
www.neha.org ; www.niehs.nih.gov
|
Thurs Sept 03
|
Local issues
|
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
|
| Tues Sep 08 |
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 10 |
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.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5534a4.htm
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| Tues Sep 15 |
Our Chemical
Content
|
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
|
| Thurs Sep 17 |
Lead and
other metals |
Lead
powerpoint
Needleman, 2000
http://www.nimd.go.jp/english/ |
Tues Sep 22
|
In-class test |
Covering Aug 25th - Sept 10th
Test from 2006
Test from 2007
Test from 2008
|
| Thurs Sep 24 |
Air
pollution |
http://www.docheritage.state.pa.us/documents/donora.asp
www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/Rachel_Carson/donora.htm ;
LondonSmogGraph
LondonSmog1952
LondonSmogBBC1
LondonSmogBBC
Brown Cloud
Scientific Literature: Hexter and
Goldsmith, 1971 ; Lave and
Seskin, 1970 ; Goldsmith
and Breslow, 1959 ; Amdur, et
al., 1952
www.epa.gov ; Clean Air Act
|
| Tues Sep 29 |
| Thurs Oct 01 |
| Tues Oct 06 |
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 08 |
Tues Oct 13
|
Industrial
accidents: Seveso, Times Beach, Bhopal, Chernobyl |
Seveso
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu21le/uu21le09.htm ;
Times
Beach
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.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.html:
http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm
Fire at EQ, Apex
Settlement 1, 2, 3
|
Thurs Oct 15 |
| Tues
Oct 20 |
Water
|
Cuyahoga;
www.epa.gov
Clean
Water Act
http://www.epa.gov/region5/water/cwa.htm
http://www.epa.gov/beaches/
Safe
Drinking Water Act
http://www.owasa.org/
http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/
Thomasville Sewage Spill 1, 2
|
| Thurs
Oct 22 |
Fall
break |
|
| Tues Oct 27 |
Food
additives, Food Processing |
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
Powerpoint ; http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/supplmnt.html
|
| Thurs Oct 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/ ;
|
| Tues Nov 03 |
In-class
Test
|
Covering
Sept 15th to Oct 20th
2006 Test
2008 Test
2007 Test
|
| Thurs Nov 05 |
Urbanization
|
Kirsten
Cooper, Asa Mair, Brian Cooper
Urbanization presentation
|
| Tues Nov 10 |
Current
Food Industry in America |
Sara Mishamandani, Meghan Childs, and Hannah Spring
Food Industry in
America
|
| Thurs Nov 12 |
An Assignment
|
http://deadlinescotland.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/10036-1889/
Is the country healthier than the town? Rufus S. Tucker, National Municipal Review
Volume 12 Issue 6, Pages 291 - 293(2007) DOI
10.1002/ncr.4110120605
Link to Tucker article
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/515189_4
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17698272
http://www.popline.org/docs/1761/319627.html
http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/population/popheadline/312/art7.asp
|
| Tues Nov 17 |
Health
Aspects of Nuclear Wastes |
Vanessa Matos (Intro). Craig Shaver, Abhinav
Komandur
Presentation:
Nuclear Power Basics
Nuclear
waste: Not a problem
Cell
phones 1
Cell
phones 2
|
| Thurs
Nov 19 |
Nanobiotechnology
|
Paul
Hyatt (Intro), Matt Jernigan, Suzanne Michalak
Presentation
|
| Tues Nov 24 |
Mountaintop
removal |
Amelia Cline, Ashley Tsang and Leah Vance
Presentation
|
| Thurs
Nov 26 |
THANKSGIVING
|
|
Tues Dec 01
|
Environmental
health and chronic disease |
Susan Dixon (Intro), Elizabeth
Garrard (Against), Justine Scharff (For)
Chronic Diseases Presentation
|
Thurs Dec 03
|
PCBs, Hazardous
Waste Disposal and
Environmental Justice |
Janki:
Water. http://prezi.com/pcc_bgqkaidb/
Powerpoint
http://www.wastenotnc.org/WarrenCo_Fact_Sheet.htm
; http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/warren%20county%20rdb.htm
http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/land/ |
| Tues Dec 08 |
In-class
test
|
Covering
Oct 21 to Nov 13
2006 Test
2008 Test
2007 Test
Powerpoint
http://www.wastenotnc.org/WarrenCo_Fact_Sheet.htm
; http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/warren%20county%20rdb.htm
http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/land/
|
| Thur
Dec 17 |
08:00
am
Final Examination |
2006 Final
2007 Final
2008 Final
|