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Question: 1. What are the laws that were in effect, or should have been in effect, at the time when the environmental issue occurred?

Research on examples of the following topics:

• Environmental Issues that Have Occurred in Last One Year

• Major Environmental Health Laws that Have Been Introduced in Past Ten Years

On the basis of your research and understanding of the topic, answer the following questions:

• In the past one year, which environmental health issue is the most grave one and why?

• What is the role of various government agencies that are charged with enforcing and evaluating the impact of the law?

• How have the government agencies been able to assess the gravity of the issue?

• Which one is the most important environmental health law that has been introduced within the past few years and why?

• Analyze the intended impact of environmental health laws on your local community.

2. What do you think is the impact of these events on the communities where they occurred?

Research on the following topics:

• Significant Episodes in which an Environmental Hazard Caused Adverse Health Outcomes in Humans

• Three Major Historical Events in Environmental Epidemiology

On the basis of your research and your readings and understanding of the above topics, answer the following questions:

• Which environmental hazard, such as the pollutant or pollutants, caused the most adverse health outcomes and why?

• What are the various adverse health outcomes that occurred as a result of exposure to the environmental hazard?

• What are the steps that were taken to prevent the adverse health outcomes from occurring? Should there be any other step that was necessary to prevent the adverse health outcome? Explain.

• Suggest the ways to prevent future occurrences of such episodes.

• Is there an association between environmental hazards and adverse health outcomes in humans? Why or why not?

• Analyze and explain the exposure-disease relationship for each of these three events.

• What do you think is the impact of these events on the communities where they occurred?

3. Explain the association between exposure to pesticides and health effects?

Research on episodes of exposure to pesticides that caused adverse health outcomes in humans. Choose one episode and respond to the following questions:

• What are the health effects that the pesticide exposure caused in humans?

• What are the steps that could have been taken to prevent the adverse health outcomes from occurring?

• What are the changes required in the existing law that could discourage the reoccurrence of such exposures?

• Apart from law enforcement, what are the other ways to prevent future occurrences of such episodes?

4. Discuss the association between environmental pollution and hazards to aquatic life?

Research on episodes in which environmental pollution caused hazards to the aquatic environment. Choose one episode and answer the following questions:

• What were the main pollutants that caused hazards to aquatic life?

• How did these pollutants affect the health of aquatic life adversely?

• What are the various ways to prevent occurrences of such episodes in the future? Explain how these ways will help in the prevention of such episodes.

5. What is the intended impact of food safety-related law on your local (Georgia) community?

Research on major regulations related to food safety. On the basis of your research, answer the following questions:

• What are the ten microbiological agents that are implicated in food-borne illness? What are the measures for preventing food-borne illness?

• Describe practical methods for the prevention of food-borne illness and indicate how you apply them in your home or business.

• What are the procedures that a local health department might use for investigating an outbreak of food-borne illness?

• Explain a major regulation for protecting food from carcinogens and discuss its purpose. Do you think there should be any change in this regulation? Why or why not?