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introduce_your_environmental_health_topic.docIntroduce Your Environmental Health Topic
For the first Case Assignment, write a 2-3 page essay in which you identify and briefly introduce a specific environmental health problem that has been discussed as a major news event in the last year.
Examples of appropriate environmental health issues include specific events that involved: air quality, water quality, water supply, vectors (e.g. mosquitoes and rodents), food quantity and safety, housing, work-related hazards, illnesses, injuries, and hazardous materials.
You may pick a local, regional, state, national, or international problem. The problem to focus on should be one that is likely to remain important for, at least, 50 years, and be affected by factors such as population growth, energy use (traditional vs. alternative), climate change, or land use. Be sure to clarify whether you are discussing the issue from the perspective of developing countries or developed countries.
Use your experience in developed or developing countries to guide your choices.
Please justify your opinion with evidence from the literature.
Assignment Expectations- MY CHOSEN TOPIC IS AIR QUALITY/POWER PLANTS
Use information from the modular background readings as well as any good quality resource you can find.
LENGTH: 2-3 pages typed and double-spaced, in addition to a cover page and references.
The following items will be assessed in particular:
Precision: Each of the questions of the assignment is specifically addressed in the paper.
Clarity: The paper reads clearly. It is well structured and grammatically correct.
Breadth: The paper presents appropriate breadth covering the questions of the assignment.
Depth: The paper describes well the concepts presented and the concepts are well supported by findings or examples from the literature.
Critical Thinking: The paper integrates your understanding of population growth, traditional and alternative energy use, climate change, and land use with changes and trends that affect the future state of these issues.
References: References must be properly cited within the text of the essay, as well as at the end.
