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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2017 |
Registration ID | CHEMH358G001 |
Course Title | Topics in Environmental Chemistry: Lead in our environment |
Credit | 0.50 |
Department | Environmental Studies |
Instructor | Scarrow,Robert |
Times and Days | TTh 10:00am-11:30am
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Room Location | ESTW309 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2528 Lead is receiving increasing attention as a toxin in the water, soil and paint of our made environment. This course is aimed at understanding the chemistry of lead and how that chemistry has spawned apparently useful products (anti-knock gasoline additives, paints, and water pipes, for instance) that degrade in and contaminate the environment and result in neurological and other impairments through interactions with human biochemistry. Although the primary focus will be on the chemistry, we will also discuss the evidence for public health effects and the various remediation strategies, as well as political debates about governmental, corporate and individual responsibility for engaging in such remediation. Students will be expected to lead and participate in discussions of primary and secondary literature papers and (in weekly homework assignments) to provide written summaries of and responses to these papers.; Prerequisite(s): Three semesters of Chemistry, through CHEM 222; Crosslisted: CHEM and ENVS Natural Science (NA) |
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