This website is designed to help you complete your ET research paper research.  The written report provides the student with the skills for researching information using library resources, formulating constructive ideas in written form, becoming familiar with report formats, and provide an exercise for practicing the use of correct spelling and grammar.  All are important skills to have to ensure your future success in education and future employment.

DIRECTIONS:  Each student will provide a 10-15 minute oral presentation of the 4-6 page written report.  The instructor must approve report topics.  Reports must relate to Environmental Health and Safety topics. 
A minimum of three resources must be cited, in bibliographic format, on a separate page, that relate to your topic. View your research assignment and oral/written criteria and extra-credit assignment.

ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY ISSUES

• Aerial application of malathion to control Medfly infestation
• Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 1977
• Chlorofluorocarbons use in Third World countries
• Use of DDT in Third World Countries
• Desalination
• Electromagnetic Fields and Human Health    
• Emissions Trading
• OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)
• Gas chlorination
• PCBs  (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) band and health effects
• Industry Self-Regulation
• MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) gasoline additive groundwater contamination
• Under Ground Storage Tanks (UST)
• Hazardous Waste Incineration
• Methyl Bromide fumigation of fruits and vegetables
• Disposal of wastes through injection wells
• Industrial Standards Organization rule 14000 (ISO 14000)
• Alternate Energy
• Phytoremediation
• Ergonomics
• Recycling
• Border environmental issues
• Mercury Fillings in teeth
• Point Loma waste treatment plant
• Yucca Mountain, Nevada Hazardous Waste Repository
• Reformulated gasoline
• Kyota accord 1998
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• EPA National Priority List (NPL)
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY DISASTERS

• ABM-Wade Site in Chester, Pennsylvania EPA NPL (1983)
• Bhopal India Union Carbide
• Institute West Virginia, Union Carbide
• Love Canal
• Aldicarb contaminated watermelons in California (1985)
• AMOCO Cadiz oil spill (1978)
• Buffalo Creek disaster (1972)
• Huntington Beach, California oil spill (1990)
• Santa Barbara, California oil spill (1969)
• Keptone disaster (1973)
• Sandoz chemical spill (1986)
• Chernobyl, USSR nuclear reactor explosion (1986)
• Kesterson Wildlife Refuge Three Mile Island nuclear reactor (1979)
• Exxon Valdez Prince William Sound oil spill (1989)
• Lake Shasta train wreck pesticide disaster (1991)
• Stringfellow Waste Site
• Hurricane Katrina 2005

WEBSITES

• National Institute for the Environment currently provides access to over 140 CRS reports on environmental concerns in the areas of agriculture, forestry, mining, pollution, and waste management.
   
• Environmental Law Net By David S. Blackmar, Esq., Holland and Knight LLP. Provides access to federal, state, international, and tribal environmental law and regulations, as well as court and environmental law agency decisions, documents and databases, and task-specific environmental law libraries.
   
• Environmental Working Group home page offers information on many environmental topics.
   
• Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
   
• 1992 Worker Protection Standard (Pesticide Applicator Regulations) By US EPA and Purdue University. Presents the 1992 pesticide applicator regulations in a format that lets the user search for information pertaining to workers, handlers, agricultural employers, handler employers, and owners.
• Blog No Impact Man
• Blog Andrew C Revkin Dot Earth
• Big Picture TV this site streams free video clips of leading experts, activists in environmental issues.