Environmental Awareness Essay

SU_HSC3002_W3_A2_Amang_J Judith Amang South University Examine the regulatory agencies related to your chosen environmental agent? What is the role of these agencies? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is responsible to assure the protection of the environment and the people’s health, by providing a clean air and a clean water. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), is responsible to protect workers against work injury and disease. The Agency…

Water pollution is a widespread issue that is affecting animals and humans in numerous ways. Poorly treated water is the cause of why innocent animals and humans are becoming ill. Trash, debris, toxic chemicals, and oil are some of the main contaminants that are ending up in the water that can easily be prevented. Thus, they are disrupting ecosystems and making wildlife unsafe for humans to eat. The main things that need to be brought to attention is the legislation that already exists, who…

goal of companies has been to a profit from their operations in order to please their shareholders. This report examines the recent case of VW Group and the scandal surrounding their attempt to cheat the emissions testing carried out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in pursuit of profit, and the subsequent media attention that followed. I look at whether the group has lost legitimacy in the eyes of the public and of its shareholders and if there has been any effect on the…

Tim Horton established that the plaintiffs have suffered or are threatened with direct and concrete injury to their health, to the environment and to the property’s value. As in this case, American citizens need to speak out on the devastating environmental and health impacts that come from the lack of regulations allowed to big oil and gas companies. And, keep in mind how these impacts will affect not only the present but future generations to…

Lead consumption in drinking water Many people who have consumed lead may have to face some serious problems with lead. Consuming water that contains lead, is not only unhealthy but could be fatal. Drinking water that lead is in, can affect many body systems and even do some serious damage. There are many ways that lead can affect people. Lead is known as something that is very dangerous if consumed. A little bit of lead can affect the human's body and the way in functions. If any lead gets in…

Water pollution was not a big concern to most Americans in the early ninth century, it was not until nineteen sixty nine when the Cuyahoga river caught fire. Along the Cuyahoga river banks, it is filled with industrial factories and steel mills. Cuyahoga River has been abused by man, by his dumping of toxic waste into the river, where it floats down south and into Lake Erie. On the morning of June twenty second nineteen sixty nine, when a passing rail car was crossing over a suspended bridge…

Many of the fire safety laws that we now know are settled by the triangular shirtwaist factory fire event. Few industrial disasters occurred before the triangular shirtwaist factory fire, but this is an important event that had an impact on raising awareness of safety. “This is because the triangle shirtwaist factory fire killed 146 workers and led to developing occupational health and safety measures, fire prevention efforts and the state-based workers compensation system” (Greenwald 1). The…

FLOW: For the Love Of Water explores the issues of water management and how having clean affects communities around the world. FLOW makes watchers take for granted their access to clean water and the fact that we even have water for luxury reasons such as swimming pools, toilets with running water, having a vase of flowers, and giant fish aquariums. I can take a shower anytime of the day. I can have a flourishing colorful garden if I wanted to. I do not ever think twice about turning on a faucet…

During Cosmos S.1 Ep.7, I've learned about the event of lead poisoning around the world. This episode is about a scientist named Clare Patterson, whom discovered Earth's real age. Patterson performs an experiment called "The Clean Room" where Patterson studies tiny zircon crystals. He measures the lead and it is six times more than what was in the zircons. Then something serious occurred. Patterson's lead measurement numbers were inconsistent. He thought maybe that his lab had been contaminated.…

The Nest Tunnel was built from the 1920s to 1930s to boost business in Gauley Bridge. It was referred to as the engineering marvel of that era. However, it turned out to be the one of the most controversial industrial disasters to have ever happened in the history of the United States. Over 1000 workers died due to a condition called silicosis due to the poor safety standards at the working place. After the disaster, new laws were enacted to protect the workers against air contaminants and also…