Environmental volunteering

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…

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 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…

Encyclopedia). In The Pelican Brief he uses a law student that is writing a legal brief about an environmental issue. What Darby Shaw uncovered in her paper brought awareness to many Americans about the laws protecting environment from the oil industry, but also that mistakes happen. The Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970 under the administration of President Richard Nixon. Environmental pollution was a big concern in the 1970’s so the EPA was established to merge a variety…

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…

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…