SOURCE: American Forest Foundation 2005
3b. What are the top five risk items you ranked the highest?
Worldwide human population growth.
Untreated sewage
Global warming
Persistent and toxic organic pollutants
Genetically engineered crops
3c. What are the top five risk items you feel the class will rank the highest?
Drilling for oil from offshore drilling platforms
Acid rain
Global warming
Persistent and toxic organic pollutants
Genetically engineered crops
3d. List three factors that determined how important a risk item was to you:
Impact on society
The size of the sale
The number of people who will be affected
3e. Explain how your level of exposure to these items influences your scoring?
With proper knowledge on the risks, I am able to rank them properly in terms of scores
3f. List the three risks that are least familiar to you:
Sport fishing
Invasive species
Heavy metals
3g. Explain how lack of familiarity affects your scoring.
I under estimated some risks due to lack of knowledge of some risks
Part B – Local Environmental Risk
To identify the possible risks in your own community, use the following website, type in
your zip code and respond to the following questions:
http://www.epa.gov/myenvironment/
If the above link is not working. You may need to use the snapshot archive website due to changes in our current government administration. https://www3.epa.gov/myem/envmap/find.html
1. What is your zip code? 75042 County Garland State Texas_____
2. What is Cancer Risk Estimate (Inhalation) for your location? (scroll down to the My Health section on the website. Your answer will be expressed in Total Risk per Million).
185 Per 1,000,000
3. What is the highest-ranking pollutant for that risk? (this is listed below the Total Risk per Million on the website).
186 Per 100,000
4. What is the percentage?
37%
5. What do you think is the source of that pollutant is? (You may need to research use of that pollutant).
Batch Plant
6. What is the Air Quality Index (AQI) forecast for your location today? Good, Moderate, Unhealthy? (This can be found under the My Air section of the website).
Good
7. Take a look at the AQI Report. What pollutant is responsible for the highest AQI for your location? (This is found under the My Air section of the website, by clicking on More AQI information. A new website will open and display the current results)
Lead
8. What is the name and address of the Hazardous waste reporter that is closest to you? (You will need to click on the My Land section of the website, then within the loaded map you will see an icon in the top left corner, click it and then select the hazardous waste and superfund tab to locate the places closest to your home).
C.M Hinton Jr.
3175 Elm Grove Road
9. What is the name and address of the Superfund Waste Site that is nearest to your location?
Garland City Landfall – E Garland Rd
Street: Old Garland Rd
10. What is the name of the watershed for your location?
Rio Grande
Save your document as a PDF and attach and submit within the link in the lab 11, week 14 folder. Next, complete step 1 on Part C below that is part of the lab assignment for next week. Reach out to your group members by creating a thread on the group discussion board topic (after you enroll into a group) and post what 3 topics are of most concern, or you feel have the most risk associated with them.
Part C – Group Risk Assessment Paper
1. You will need to enroll into a lab group within the lab 12, Week 15 folder to complete this lab assignment. (Click on Group Risk Assessment Paper link).
2. Once you have group members, each group member needs to write one paragraph (minimum 250 words) detailing what three environmental issues they felt are of most concern regarding the Environmental Risk Survey on page 6 from lab 11, AND to include a graph (line graph, bar graph, pie chart) covering some aspect of the risk you feel is most concerning. You will need to conduct an internet search to find data to graph, or a chart to replicate, but be sure to include the source of the data. Explain what the graph details within you section. Each group member needs to include a graph within their section of the paper.
3. Each group member has a responsibility. Designate one person to be the team leader, one person the Summary writer, one person the Introduction writer and one person the Comparison writer. Here is each team members responsibilities:
· Team leader: In addition to their paragraph, they are responsible for proof-reading and finalizing the finishing details to the paper. Team leaders need to make a cover page and list each team member name and team role within the paper process. Team leaders are responsible for sending the group the final paper to submit on ecampus – every team member must submit the final paper to receive a grade.
· Introduction writer: In addition to their paragraph, they are responsible for writing an introduction paragraph that examines what risk is and why we may perceive it differently.
· Comparison writer: In addition to their paragraph, they are responsible for an additional paragraph that compares and contrasts the different perceptions of risk discussed from each group member.
· Summary writer: In addition to their paragraph, they are responsible for an additional paragraph that summarizes the paper and wraps up the discussion.
4. Each group member then needs to submit the final group paper on ecampus using the Submit Your Group Paper Here link within the Lab 12, Week 15 folder.
5. Once each group member has submitted the final group paper on ecampus, each member must then complete the Team Assessment Survey. This is a survey that only the professor sees and is required to evaluate the group’s teamwork on this project.
