Environmental health is all around you. Familiarize yourself with the terminology of environmental health, review the Howard County Health Department media for the environmental health segment, and think about how hazards are identified and environmental health risks are assessed in populations. With this knowledge as a foundation, identify an environmental issue in your community. The issue may be either local, such as in your current hometown, or broader, such as within your state or country of residence.
Complete a 2- to 3-page Reflection Paper, to include the following:
- Explain how the topic you chose is an environmental public health issue.
- Explain why people were, are, or should be concerned with this issue.
- Identify relevant aspects of exposure to the population within the community, including who is exposed and the potential for contamination of environmental media (food, water, air), and likely exposure pathways.
- Explain whether the concern arises from a precautionary approach or established risk assessments, and why.
- Consider your findings. Do you think that this is a major or a minor issue, and why? Are the public's concerns justified or does it seem that many people are actually unaware or unconcerned? Do you see this issue as personally affecting you-why or why not? What did you know about this issue prior to this Assignment? Did your views about this issue change as a result of what you learned? If so, how?
- The paper must be 2-3 pages, double-spaced, not including references.
- Be sure to cite your sources, include your reference page at the end, and follow APA formatting throughout.
Please no vague responses address each question with a subject heading and free of plagiarism add references APA format.