Read Mortality among Former Love Canal Residents.
This article presents an opportunity to analyze the impact of a historic environmental exposure incident in an Upstate New York community.
Write a thoughtful, 175-word response to each of the following prompts.
Summarize the environmental health event that happen at the Love Canal.
Explain the occupational exposure and summarize who were the most vulnerable populations impacted.
To what degree are people still impacted by this event?
Summarize what governmental agency did to respond to the Love Canal incident.
What policies, guidelines, and protections were put in place because of environmental exposure incidents like “Love Canal.” Could “Love Canal” or something like “Love Canal” happen in our lifetime? Why or why not?