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1958-Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
1970-Occupational Safety and Health Act
1976-Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
1976-Toxic Substances Control Act
1977-Soil and Water Conservation Act
1977-Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
1980-Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or CERCLA, aka Superfund
1996-Federal Insecticide, fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Chapter 16: Waste Generation and Waste Disposal slides
Waste management notesheet
Chapter 16 and 17 vocab sheets
HW: 1, 3, 5, 6 The world produces more than 3.5 million tons of garbage a day — and that figure is growing. Due:
Solid Waste Inventory lab: Choose one of the activities to complete (A or B). Make it a family event!! :) Due:
e-Waste articles
to read: High tech waste article
to view: Story of Stuff (WHOA bias)
Chapter 17 Human Health and Risks slides
Module 56 Disease current event and analysis (with module 41, and rest of book) Due
Chapter 17
"European approach is the precautionary principle, which results in many substances banned in Europe and in wide use in the United States."
Exposed, Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products, Mark Schapiro
Bozemanscience review videos
031 - Solid Waste Landfills, 3Rs, and laws
032 - Health Impacts of Pollution Diseases, toxins, LD50
College Board tutorials
Ch 16 Waste disposal, treatment, reduction
Ch 17 Endocrine disruptors
LD50, Pathogens, Infectious diseases
2022 Impacts of Aquatic, Terrestrial, and Air Pollution Review Session 7
2022 Global Change Review Session 8
AP test
Solid waste
(Types; disposal; reduction)
B. Impacts on the Environment and Human Health
1. Hazards to human health
(Environmental risk analysis; acute and chronic effects; dose-response relationships; air pollutants; smoking and other risks)
2. Hazardous chemicals in the environment (Types of hazardous waste; treatment/disposal of hazardous waste; cleanup of contaminated sites; biomagnification; relevant laws)
VI. Pollution (25-30%)
B. Impacts on the Environment and Human Health
1. Hazards to human health
(Environmental risk analysis; acute and chronic effects; dose-response
relationships; air pollutants; smoking and other risks)
2. Hazardous chemicals in the environment
(Types of hazardous waste; treatment/disposal of hazardous waste;
cleanup of contaminated sites; biomagnification; relevant laws)
C. Economic Impacts
(Cost-benefit analysis; externalities; marginal costs; sustainability)
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