Current Topics in Environmental Health

Welcome to the Biology 2209: Environmental Health Eco-wiki!  In this wiki, McDaniel College students will create pages that are aimed at being environmental resources to the college community and, just maybe, the world.

Group Projects for the Course: 

1. Web Resources for a Healthy Environment  
2. Environmental (In)Justice 
3. How Green is the Green Terror?

In-class Pages:

• How Can I Contribute to Environmental Health?
• What are the real risks of using pesticides?
• Mosquitoes, Cockroaches, & Lice, Oh My!  Which insects should we really worry about?
• What's the threat of animal spread disease in the US?
• A health Debate: DDT vs Malaria   
• Are dandelions that bad?      The risks of herbicide use & why a green lawn isn't 'green' at all.
• Pesticides and the Food We Eat
• Well if I shouldn't use pesticides and herbicides, what can I do?
• The Importances of Organic Cotton
• DEET
• In Class Power Points Chapter 15
• In Class Power Points: Water Pollution and Human Health (Group 4) 

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