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Environmental Diseases/Illnesses & “Reduce-Reuse-Recycle” Environmental Health Unit. Objectives : TSWBAT assess how we create waste daily and how it can effect our health (short & long term). TSWBAT to evaluate ways to create less waste and recycle/reuse more in our everyday life. ICEBREAKER. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Environmental Environmental Diseases/Illnesses Diseases/Illnesses & “Reduce-Reuse-Recycle”& “Reduce-Reuse-Recycle”Environmental Health UnitEnvironmental Health Unit
Objectives:1.TSWBAT assess how we create waste daily and how it can effect our health (short & long term).2.TSWBAT to evaluate ways to create less waste and recycle/reuse more in our everyday life.
ICEBREAKERICEBREAKER
Are you environmentally friendly? Please answers all of the questions honestly…
CDC - National CDC - National Environmental Environmental Public Health Tracking Public Health Tracking Network Network Health Effects:
◦ Asthma◦ Birth Defects◦ Cancer◦ CO Poisoning◦ Lead Poisoning◦ Heart Attacks◦ Reproduction◦ Population
How does the environmentaffect our health?
“Linking hazards, exposures, & health effects” pamphlet
Read and answer the questionnaire
Paper vs. PlasticPaper vs. Plastic http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23358591/
OR
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/MULTIMEDIA02/80505016
What can we do??What can we do??
What does Mrs. P do to go What does Mrs. P do to go GREENGREEN?? I use cold water when I wash my clothes in the washer machine.
I always have a full load in the washer machine.
I don't use my dishwasher - I wash my dishes by hand.
I use environmentally friendly products to clean my bathroom.
I pay bills online I reuse my coffee mug - not disposable coffee
cups - when I go to Wawa. I brew my own coffee in the morning I don't keep my faucet running when I brush
my teeth. I turn off lights in my house when I leave the
room. I recycle all glass and plastic bottles at my
house. I donate used clothes to Purple Heart instead
of throwing it out. I use reusable grocery bags - not plastic bags
- when I grocery shop. I place paper at school in the recycle bin - not
the trash can.
I will hang some of my clothes to air dry instead of using the dryer.
When possible - I use my "cruise control" on highways to get better gas mileage.
My husband washes our cars at a car wash - not at home.
I use rechargeable batteries for my camera - not disposable.
I use 'e-tickets' rather than get tickets mailed to my house.
I try to buy local produce and products when possible.
I use a reusable lunch bag to pack my lunch - not paper or plastic.
I reuse my plastic bags from stores as liners in my smaller trash cans in my house.
I use paper products instead of Styrofoam.
Instead of throwing out unused aluminum cans - I donate them to can food drives.
I keep my thermostat in the winter between 64-67 degrees.
I recycle used print cartridges at Staples when I purchase a new one.
Save the Environment!Save the Environment!Reduce – Reuse – Recycle
Montgomery County Recycles ◦Read the flyer and answer the questions◦When are you done, hand in for class
credit!