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Objective 1: Identify natural and synthetic pollutants and describe their environmental impacts
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Persistent Organic Pollutants: A Global Issue, A Global Response
- American Experience PBS | January 2017 | Chapter 1: Rachel Carson
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | March 2020 | Forever Chemicals
- ABC News | November 2019 | Dark Waters star Mark Ruffalo, lawyer Rob Bilott tell the true story behind film
- Strange Days | Smart Plastics Guide
Objective 2: Recognize factors that affect toxicity and describe how risk assessment helps determine safe exposure levels to pollutants
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- Purdue University | Understanding Toxic Substances: An Introduction to Chemical Hazards in the Workplace
- Wired | October 2021 | Toxicologist Answers Poison Questions From Twitter, Tech Support | 14:17 minutes
- The Infographics Show | What is the Deadliest Substance on Earth? Toxicity Comparison| 7:38 minutes
- National Institute of Environmental Health Services | Endocrine Disruptors
- American Chemical Society | Chemical Risk Assessment and Regulatory Decision Making
- Center for Disease Control | How to Reduce Your Exposure to Chemicals at Work, Home, and Play
Objective 3: Define bioaccumulation and biomagnification and explain the transport and fate of pollutants in the environment
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- Environmental Protection Agency | June 2021 | Toxics in the Food Web
- Vox | July 2018 | We produce 13 tons of hazardous waste every second | 3:41 minutes
- Today | America’s Chernobyl: Inside the most toxic place in the Nation| 7:44 minutes
- Environmental Protection Agency | Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site
- Center for Disease Control | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry | Exposure Points
Objective 4: Describe the methods, instruments, and techniques that scientists use to study pollutants
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- Center for Disease Control (CDC) | What is Epidemiology?
- Medical News Today | August 2020 | What is the difference between in vivo and in vitro?
- National Academy Press | 1991 | Science, Medicine, and Animals | Chapter 1
- Khan Academy | September 2009 |Half-life and carbon dating| 12:30 minutes
- Graphic: The Lethal Dose of 55 Substances
- The Infographics Show | May 2020 | WHO vs CDC – What do they actually do? | 12:14 minutes