| Envirothon:
Toxicology and Environmental Health
2006
"WATER STEWARDSHIP IN A CHANGING CLIMATE"
Photos
from the 2006 Envirothon
Environmental Issues Relating to Water and Human Health
Overview
The AMBIENT packet is divided into four main components:
(1) Water Stewardship
(2) Microbial Contamination
(3) Toxins – Blue Green Algae
(4) Mercury Contamination
WATER STEWARDSHIP
Within this section you will read the following articles:
MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION
Within this section you will read the following:
TOXINS – BLUE GREEN ALAGE
Within this section you will read the following:
MERCURY CONTAMINATION
Within this section you will read the following:
2005
"
Managing
Cultural Landscapes "
Photos
from the 2005 Envirothon
Introduction
to Remote Sensing
"Butts
on the Beach"
"What
is Environmental Health?"
Environmental
Justice
Environmental
Justice Critical Reading Exercise
Saving
Our Backyard
The
Environmental Racism Hoax
Virginia
Key Readings
"2004
- Chemicals in the Park"
Look
at the 2004 Envirothon Photos
Recommended
Readings:
(Readings
will open in a new window)
Overview
Lead
Arsenic
Mercury
Overview
AMBIENT
Toxicology Module
Tox
Town
Top
Lead
Miami
Herald: New
suit, old hazard: lead poisoning of kids
EPA
Lead Poisoning and Your Child Brochure
English Spanish
"Lead
is a Silent Hazard" Richard M. Stapleton:
Chapter
1 The Silent Hazard
Top
CCA
Treated Lumber and Arsenic
Out
of the Woods - Dr. Helena Solo-Gabriele
Keeping
Safe on your CCA-Treated Play Set
UM
Scientists ask Pinecrest families to help in playground equipment study
Whitman
Announces Transition from Consumer Use of Treated Wood Containing Arsenic
(EPA)
Cancellation
of Residential Uses of CCA-Treated Wood (EPA)
Response
to Requests to Cancel Certain Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Wood Preservative
Products and Amendments to Terminate Certain Uses of other CCA Products
(EPA)
Consumer
Safety Information Sheet: Inorganic Arsenical Pressure-Treated Wood
(EPA)
Choosing
Safe Lumber (Mother Earth News)
Top
Mercury
Mercury
Rising
- The Bridge: Ocean Sciences Teacher Resource Center
The
South Florida Mercury Science Program
Mercury
Health Hazards
Mercury
Biomagnification/Food Web
Fish
Consumption Advisories
Campaign
for Mercury Free NIH
Mercury
Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems
Top
"2003
- Land and Human Health "
- AMBIENT Website Information
- Maps of Miami-Dade County – By Zip Codes
Top
Last
Updated
04/18/2007
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