Student Reading List
"High Tech Trash," National Geographic, January 2008, by Chris Carroll, (available online at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/01/high-tech-trash/carroll-text).
"Chapter 9: Polymers Are Forever" in The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman.
"Plastics" in What We Leave Behind, by Derric Jensen and Aric McBay.
"Is Recycling Worth It?" Popular Mechanics, December 2008, by Alex Hutchinson
Classroom Resources (web resources accurate as of August 13, 2009)
CDC, "Biomonitoring: Making a Difference," http://www.cdc.gov/biomonitoring/presentation.htm. A multimedia presentation about biomonitoring and blood lead levels.
Chicago Department of Public Health, http://egov.cityofchicago.org. "Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program," "Data on Lead Poisoning in Chicago," "Elevated_BLL_by_CommArea_2007.pdf." A neighborhood-by-neighborhood map of the percentages of children with unsafe blood lead levels.
EPA. User's Guide for the Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic Model for Lead in Children (IEUBK) Windows?, www.epa.gov/superfund/lead/products.htm#ieubk Software model to calculate blood lead levels for individuals or communities and user's guide with printed exposure rates.
EPA, Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2007 Facts and Figures. Complete statistics on MSW from 1960-2007.
Websites with information about the different plastic polymer types, organized by recycling code number.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/latest/recycling-symbols-plastics-460321
http://www.ides.com/resources/plastic-recycling-codes.asp
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