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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's site on household hazardous waste stresses the importance of household waste awareness. Household waste may come from single or multiple family dwellings, hotels and motels, and other types of residences. This site answers frequently asked questions about...

This 2-page learning activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), focuses on particulate matter in the air humans breathe. The activity is intended to help environmental science, chemistry, or biology students connect real-world problems with math, science,...

This paper, published by the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, investigates how ozone, a toxic gas produced in polluted air, affects the ability of plants to store carbon and keep it from affecting the climate. While the researchers find increasingly negative effects in...

The Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy stresses the need for a "forum for collaboration on environmental policy and education." This site features an organization comprised of environmental policy makers and universities and colleges devoted to improving environmental...

The issues surrounding pesticides and their affect on indoor air quality are outlined by the Environmental Protection Agency on this webpage.  The site is organized into seven sections: Overview; Sources of Pesticides; Health Effects; Levels in Homes; Steps to Reduce Exposure; Standards or...

In this 11-page exercise, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, students complete a critical thinking activity on social injustice, human health risks, and waste recycling. Students take on the role of a mayor, a presenter from a company that engineers and installs landfill...

This U.S. EPA site allows users to locate any United States public water supply and determine whether that water source has had any recent violations of regulatory standards.  Users can search via a map or by entering the water system ID number.  Links to additional sites for information regarding...

The Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Redevelopment Initiative seeks to remediate contaminated land and respond to environmental emergencies and disasters.  This webpage provides an overview of the initiative's history, community involvement, information regarding cleanup support, and the...

This website, provided by Sustainable Communities Online, is a compilation of various resources focused on the topic of sustainability.  The website offers resources and initiatives that "have been selected to help you learn about ways to make your community healthier, safer, greener, more livable,...

This 4-page resource, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, provides problem-based activities on risk assessment of environmental health issues. The following three activities are included: Bacteria Study, Micro Study, and Bacteria Killers. Bacteria Study gives students...