Environmental remediation

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…

Montgomery County’s environment was classified amid the filthiest twenty percent, for carcinogen emissions, of all United States counties in 2002. Before that, in 1999, it was categorized among the worst thirty percent in unpredictable organic compound outputs. Also, three percent of homes are vulnerable to a high risk of lead exposure. Fortunately, there are is no record of any waste sites on the EPA’s official list. Therefore, the area most seriously affected by pollution in this particular…

Air pollution is a serious issue that affects the entire world. Motor vehicle use, factory output of sulfur-dioxide and carbon monoxide from burning fossil fuels, and the use of pesticides in agriculture which leads to high levels of ammonia, all contribute to the amount of air pollution in the atmosphere (Air pollution, n.d.). Not only are air pollutants depleting our ozone layer, they are also affecting the health of people. As nurses, it is important to be aware of the causes of illnesses…

Flints water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. The Flint River is polluted due to the industrial complexes, landfills, and farms loaded with pesticides and fertilizer that sit along the rivers watershed. When the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality failed to treat the water, it destroyed the city’s iron and lead pipes and leaked into the water supply. Obviously, people got sick. Residents of Flint complained of hair loss, skin…

There are many regulations that are currently in place for the oil rigs. Tougher laws should be put in place and add harsher requirements aiming at the prevention of equipment failures that cause damage to the environment. Tougher safety requirements could be put in place of the already applied laws such as policies that require the oil industry to regulate oil and gas production, air quality, cultural resources, ecological resources (fish, wildlife, mammals, etc.), energy development, hazardous…

In 1970, the United States Republican president Richard Nixon (during his second term) decided to create an agency for the human health and environment protection in the country. Nixon signed an act called Clear Air Act which is in charge of the regulation and control of the air emissions from food processing plants, fossil fuel burning, and planes, cars and any motor vehicle. Also the Clean Water Act responsible for growing public awareness and controlling water pollution since 1972, one of the…

Lake Erie is in deep trouble if we don’t start to work together to get it cleaner and not polluted for the centuries to come. In the 1960’s lake erie was very polluted and we cleaned it up now it’s known as the “comeback lake”, now in 2017 were having more pollution problems and algae problems. In the 1960, lake erie was very polluted because of heavy industry by the shores of cleveland. Because of these pollutants high levels of Phosphorus and nitrogen. “A common refrain in 1960 was "Lake Erie…

greenhouse for a plant and watch the plant grow. Another way you can make decoration with water bottles, glass bottles, tin cans, and paper all you need is some paint, scissors, and an imagination. Schools may have a gust from a locale zoo or an environmental person to show kids what pollution does to us humans and life in the ocean and what we can do to help. These are some great programs, but they are and can be costly. Not all schools in the united states have funding for these types of…

Assessing the Health Outcomes since the Implementation of Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Act Human beings and environment share a relationship that is very codependent. Their relationship is such that positive or negative disturbance to one can directly or indirectly bring about a change in the other. One prime example of this was the overuse of pesticide in the 1960s which tampered with the earth’s natural state; the abusive use of Dichloro Diphenyl Tricoloro (DDT) poisoned…