Investigate hazardous/building materials and chemicals which may be present in buildings. These include:
- Arsenic treating of termites
- Organochlorins
- PFCs - perflurocarbons
- Lead paint
- Plate glass in high rise constructions
- Metric modular bricks
- DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
- Unexploded ordinance
- Toxic, explosive or asphyxiant gases (e.g. methane)
- Chromated Copper Arsenate preservative
In the report, students will be asked:
1. to describe where these hazardous/building materials and chemicals might be found or used
2. why they were/are used
3. why they are not used now, and
4. what has replaced them.
Total 1200 words paper on hazardous material. 200 words for abstract, and 1000 words for answering questions.