Environmental factor

the locations along the Cuyahoga River where it "receives the wastes of steel mills, chemical and meat-rendering plants and other industries” (Scott). Within the following year, congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA would assist in the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which was given the executive authority to write regulations and ensure that “all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they…

Environmental Effects of the Border Wall on Animal Migration and Vegetation Introduction: The border wall has long been a controversial issue since its original proposition in the early 2000s. Aside from the obvious differences in opinions, there is a clear problem with the building of a border wall between Mexico and America, the impact on the environment due to the border wall itself and the surrounding a travelling populations of humans associated with it. As much as individuals would like to…

have homes that have trashed dumped on their property? Environmental injustice has been a reoccurring issue that has been around for hundreds of years, and even today in the 2lst century there is a clear view of this trend and many other factors that take into this account, one of the major ones being racial disparities. Communities that are of color and that are low income receive disparities that are not proportionate exposures of environmental threats and hazards. Particulate matter is one of…

organochloride made famous for its insecticidal properties and resulting environmental impact. In 1939, the Swiss chemist, Paul Hermann Muller discovered DDT’s insecticidal properties. In World War II DDT was used to control malaria and typhus among civilian troops. It was later used as an agricultural insecticide and as it popularity increased, it gained commercial use. In 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a book tracing the environmental impact of the nationwide spraying of DDT and…

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…

In the book “Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality” by Robert D. Bullard he discusses the importance of environmental quality and the effects of racial and social hierarchy’s contribution to environmental problems in poor, working class, urban communities. Being that Bullard is known as the “Father of environmental justice” this book is just one of many of the embodiments of everything he stands for as an environmentalist and sociologist. Not only does he inform the reader on…

scientists at UM’s (University of Montana’s) Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS) and Department of Chemistry. To date, over 400 students across seven counties, two states, and two American Indian reservations have completed the curriculum and conducted indoor air quality research that has resulted in an overall heightened awareness of indoor air quality’s impact on our health.” (The…

Air Pollution is considered as one of the major contributing factors of the degradation of Mother Earth, and for the Philippines every waking day of a person’s life the matter of ‘gas’ is a part of it. According to an article Source of Air pollution "By inhaling a large amount of air pollution in one’s body system, it can cause serious diseases and in worst case scenarios can lead to death" (2013, par. 1). Having a tainted air that every living organisms, including the humans that are breathing.…

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the . federal government which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment. The EPA was founded by President Richard Nixon and was structured on December 2, 1970 when operations began. After Nixon signed an executive order. The EPA is mostly controlled by its administrator, who is appointed by the president and followed by needing to be approved by Congress. Though the EPA is not a Cabinet department…

to combat some of our present day environmental threats. His work at the Broad Street Pump was a major contributor of this concept. The Broad Street Pump was the deadly cause of cholera in London many years ago. He convinced town officials to take the handle of the pump so that no one could get any contaminated water. With Snow’s investigation of where the cholera was coming from, he helped pave the way for many others to fight against our present day environmental threats. John Snow was…