Project 4: African Plan for Sustainable Living. Imagine that you are in charge of the United Nations Developmental Program (UNDP), and that world cooperation has been achieved and you have been given a budget of 400 billion dollars to provide sustainable living systems to the continent of Africa. You need to be very economical to achieve the goals of the program, which are to provide […]

Developing a Strong Resume Many people fear the resume writing process. Part of that fear stems from the fact that some people do not believe their experience is extensive enough or valuable. Fear no more! The work you have done and will continue to do is both meaningful and useful. Resume building can be fun and engaging if you believe that you are ready to […]

One significant industrial hygiene related situation that occurred in the not too distant past involved workers at a microwave popcorn facility who were diagnosed with a debilitating lung disease known as bronchiolitis obliterans. The industrial hygiene and public health community was somewhat taken off guard when a number of workers suffered severe, irreparable lung dysfunction at a Missouri popcorn plant. After all, these folks didn’t […]

You have been hired as a consultant by your town’s emergency management coordinator to help develop emergency action plans. One of the reasons you were selected is your expertise in using the General Behavior Model (GEBMO) to assess risks. Your first task is to assess the hazardous material risks at a local gas station. The station has one 30,000-gallon underground storage tank compartmentalized to hold […]

Safety Management and CommunicationCreate a 7- to 10-slide power point presentation on the topic of Safety Management and Communication. You may use various sources, including your textbook. Be sure to cite any sources used in a reference slide with proper APA formatting. (Cover and reference slides do not count in the total.) You may also use the slide notes function to explain slide contents as […]

The purpose of this assignment is to help you distinguish between different types of information sources and evaluate sources of information for credibility. Scientists and scholars use information from a variety of sources, some of them scholarly journal articles that have been peer-reviewed, and others credible websites, magazines, and news sources.  While all scholarly sources are considered credible, most credible sources you will encounter in your […]

Extra Credit: You can earn extra credit by reading, summarizing, and responding to a newspaper of magazine article on any environmental topic. The article must be at least 20 column inches long and from The Seattle Times, The New York Times, or an approved journal or magazine. The criteria for the Summary are that it should be one to two paragraphs long, clear, concise, accurate, and complete. The reader […]

Once an experiment has been conducted and the data has been analyzed, the results must be interpreted in order to determine if the hypothesis can be accepted or rejected and to compare the results with other work within the field. Data interpretation is generally presented in the discussion section of a scientific paper and is based on the results of the experiment in question. Begin […]

Scholarly ActivitySafety HandbookAs a safety professional, you have been asked to create a handbook explaining the various types of biological agents employees may have contact with in the workplace. In addition, you have been asked to include information regarding the basic exposure mechanisms for biological agents, methods of evaluation and control for biological agents, and methods of sampling for biological agents. You may use the […]

EssayWhite PaperYou are an industrial hygienist for a major pharmaceutical company. The CEO has contacted you regarding a new product line that will be produced in your facility. The new product involves the handling and use of an engineered nanomaterial. To date, your company’s health and safety program has not had to address any safety concerns associated with handling and use of these materials. Using […]