Instructions: View the following video and answer the questions below it. After you post your answers, respond to another group member’s post (this would be your reply posting). This should be a productive and positive conversation that can illustrate the faults in certain points or posts. You must first post your answers in order to see the other student’s posts, then reply to one of their answers. Please see the grading rubric for guidance–it can be access by clicking on the icon with three dots to the top right.
Tom’s River cancer clusters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtENUFwoT4s
*Additional information on SuperFund https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/thesuperfundcleanupprogram.pdf
Questions:
Instances like what happened in Toms River, NJ to the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan and other cities around the country highlight the need for important environmental regulatory bodies to step up. If you were someone from one of these affected areas, how would you encourage public involvement in environmental protection?
How would you lobby your elected officials to prioritize keeping the place you live in safe and healthy, continue to adequately fund the EPA, and prevent corporate negligence?
Who would you work with in order to do this?
What facts and testimonies would you highlight to underscore the importance of your arguments when lobbying your elected officials or working to increase public knowledge and involvement?
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