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Upper Hudson Dredging Debate part of Workshop 04:Activities
This exercise is intended to investigate, in detail, a current environmental problem, namely the environmental dredging of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the Upper Hudson River. After an introductory lecture ...

Health Topics: Organic Compounds, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Waterborne Transport Processes, Airborne Transport Processes

Minerals in the Biosphere part of Workshop 04:Activities
Class is meant to expore 1)the continuum of geological, geochemical and biochemical environments 2)the logic in health issues in the USA 3)provide a multidisciplinary approach to personal and public health. -

Health Topics: Minerals, Biogenic Hazards, Airborne Transport Processes, Waterborne Transport Processes, Public Policy, Analytical Techniques, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Heavy Metals

Explorations of Spatial Distributions of Environmental and Health-Related Data part of Workshop 04:Activities
This activity introduces the student to basic concepts of spatial distribution of environmental and health data with an easy to use on-line mapping program. -

Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Other, Waterborne Transport Processes