SC225 Environmental ScienceUnit 6: When Pollution Makes Us Sick

Bronwyn Scott

BScott@kaplan.edu

AIM: BScottKaplan@aol.com

Welcome to Seminar Six

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This is me, my husband and eldest son, and dog Kaba by a lake in the Cascade Mts. near where we live. Summer 2009

Agenda

1. Reading Chapter 2 and 3

2. One discussion questions this week with four parts

- Make sure to at least cite the articles given and use in text citations

- Make sure to have two responses3. Self assessment

4. Seminar: When Pollution Makes Us Sick

5. Q & A

• Use the information box to find the URL for our field trip.• Click the link and a new window or tab will open

displaying the website• We will be entering a seven minute movie• “The Story of Stuff” by Annie Leonard

Virtual Field Trip

• Please let me know when you have returned• Share something that you learned on the tour.

Returning from the tour

Question #1

• Kathy comes in worried about living in something called a cancer cluster. How can you help her determine if there is actually a cancer cluster and if it is something that she needs to be worried about?

Question #2

• You and Kathy establish that the cases of cancer in her neighbourhood are suspicious. How would you go about trying to help her find the source of the carcinogen?

Question #3

• You and Kathy finally track down a carcinogen that you think might be causing the cancer cases in her neighbourhood and have a good idea of where that carcinogen is coming from. What steps might you take next?

Question #4

• It turns out that the source of the carcinogen is an abandoned municipal and industrial chemical dump site. What resources are available to her community to help take care of the problem?

Question #5

• Kathy feels overwhelmed by the process she and her neighbours will need to go through to ensure that community is protected. How would you help her see the light at the end of the tunnel?

The Scientific Method

Questions?

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