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Case Study: develop a White Paper taking a position and recommending a policy to address health impacts associated with the exposure to Mercury located toxic waste site, industrial center, or other proposal associated with a marginalized community. In the White Paper, you will need to address the conflicting concerns regarding health impacts at two points on the biopsychosocial continuum. In most situations there will be both positive and negative impacts. Often socio-economic opportunities and the benefits of overcoming poverty are pitted against the adverse biological health impacts associated with exposure. After you have defined the issues, including the toxicokinetics associated with the exposure, you will want to make a risk assessment of the options. As part of the risk assessment, you will need to review mitigation options at each level of the hierarchy of control. Finally, you will need to take a position on a policy opportunity which addresses the issues you have defined. This policy review should evaluate federal environmental and occupational policies associated with the agents for their impact on public health and health equity. Content Expectations:

Questions:

1. Direct, Indirect, and Cumulative Impacts should be incorporated.
2. A description of toxicokinetics of the agent or agents you are focusing on including how the agent enters the body, how it filtered out or absorbed, how it is metabolized and/or absorbed, route of excretion/storage, at least two relevant exposure levels, mitigation options, and prevention options.
3. Evaluate federal environmental and occupational policies associated with the agents for their impact on the public health and health equity.
4. Use of evidence provided by at least four peer reviewed primary research sources.
5. Review of conflicting positions with evidence supporting both positions.