ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY
Mrs. Boyd
OSH 320
CLASS OBJECTIVES
• Understand causes of drinking and wastewater pollution and discuss
waste treatment facilities
• Discuss air pollution and controls strategies
• Basic knowledge of solid and hazardous waste and applicable
disposal methods
• Working knowledge state and federal legislation
• Develop a better understanding of resources available for EHS
professionals
• Discuss sustainability and how it relates to industry
COURSE OUTLINE
• Overview of environmental science
• Environmental regulatory overview
• ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems)
• Sustainability and corporate social responsibility
EVALUATION AND GRADING PROCEDURES
• Group Project (100 pts)
• 3 Exams~300 pts
• Other Assignments (quizzes and optional paper)~25-100 pts
*A calculator will be needed during exams
COURSE EXPECTATIONS
• Unexcused absence from an exam will result in a “0”
• Absence from an exam must be for emergency situations at the
instructor’s discretion made within 24 hours prior to exam’s
original time
• Late arrival for an exam will result in a 10% deduction
COURSE EXPECTATIONS
• Attendance will be taken at the beginning of the classtardiness is considered an absence
• No cell phone use (must be up, on mute)
• Bathroom use during exams is not permitted
• Zero tolerance on tobacco
ATTENDANCE POLICY
• Students are expected to adhere to the MSU Attendance Policy
• Attend class regularly
• Absences will only be excused for personal illness, death in immediate
family, student participation in a University Sanctioned Event or other
circumstances at the instructor’s discretion
• Excessive unexcused absences will affect a student’s grade in the course
• Beyond two absences, 5 points will be deducted from an exercise grade
per absence
ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY
• Cheating, Fabrication and Falsification and Plagiarism
• No cell phone use at all during exams, automatic failure will
result
• If disciplinary action results in awarding an grade of “E” in the
course, students may not drop the course
• Students will result in a zero if any of the above violations
occur
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY
• Visit the office for Student Disability Services immediately if
special assistance is needed with accommodations
• Located in Wells Hall
CHAPTER 1: OBJECTIVES
• Study evidence about crisis on Earth
• Learn about the 3 factors behind the “Crisis”
• Distinguish between the different viewpoints
• Learn about key figures that influenced history
• Look into the diversity of the existing environmental laws
• Renewable and non re-neweable resources
• Differentiate among 4 different approaches to resource use
LATEST EVIDENCE: GLOBAL WARMING
• 2015 was the warmest year on record
• July was the hottest month overall on record
• Only two months did not make the record highs: Jan. & April
• El Nino & human warming may be to blame?
PARIS AGREEMENT
• Set goals that people, investors, business, cities and national
policy makers understand
• Strengthen national commitments to reduce emissions/shift
to a clean economy
• Cut climate-warming emissions at least every 5 years
• Bring independent facts
• Access progress and go back at it again
DATA SUPPORTING GLOBAL WARMING
• Goal is to limit keeping global warming below 3.6F
• We are currently past halfway to this goal
• Ocean absorbs 90% of the excess heat
• We have spent 2/3 of our carbon budget
• 14 out of 15 of the warmest years on record have occurred
since 2000
ARE WE ON A SUSTAINABLE COURSE?
3 VIEW POINTS
• Optimist’s Viewpoint
• Pessimist’s (Realist’s) Viewpoint
• Moderate’s Viewpoint
OPTIMIST’S VIEWPOINT
• Technology is their main focus
• Athelstan Spilhaus is the leading spokesman
• Cheap energy solves all problems
• Increasing food by use of technology
• Fish farming
• Synthesizing food in test tubes
• Irrigating deserts
• Generic engineering of miracle wheats and corns
PESSIMIST’S VIEWPOINT
• Exponential growth theory
• Global population is on a steep incline
• Supports the “Limits to Growth” report
POPULATION
USA has less than
5% of the world’s
Population & consumes
30% of the world’s
resources
CARBON DIOXIDE
MODERATE’S VIEWPOINT
• Sustainable society
• Lives with out robbing Peter to pay Paul
• Ethics, existing laws, and a host of other factors make it hard
to achieve
CLASS PAPER
Write a paper to prove or disprove optimistic, pessimist or
moderate view point
Paper should be at a minimum 3 pages and will worth 25 points
Due February 15th
Must be stapled and turned in promptly at the beginning of class,
no late papers will be accepted