Step 1: Identify one environmental hazard in your house or community.  You can look for potential hazards in places like your bathroom, a deposit, or even take a little field trip in your neighborhood.  Once you have a hazard identified, write a 250-500 words paragraph addressing the following points:

• Why did you choose that specific hazard?

• Describe a few approaches that you could employ to prevent risks to human health and safety related with this hazard. Make sure to include references of the sources you considered to describe them.

• From the approaches you mentioned above, which one would you recommend and why?

• All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (references are excluded from word counts).

Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled 'Add a new discussion topic.' and include the title "Discussion: Environmental Hazards Prevention?" in the subject line.  

Step 3: To complete the activity,  you will need to comment on at least one other post made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' discussion by including a reflection upon learning, sharing insight into the health effects of environmental hazards, discussing the different approaches to prevent human risks, or asking insightful questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply back. To post a reply, click on the particular discussion, then click on 'reply'.

OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”