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NEW for April 18, 2006:
IMPORTANT: The following students need to confirm their grades with me ASAP: Please review Grades to Date.
188854
190614
207508
207524
On Friday, I will post the main topics that will be covered in the Final, but essentially what was discussed in class is what will be on the Final
I will also post dates/times when I will be available for questions prior to the Final
ALSO, please download the following files: This topic will appear in the final: global 0, global 1, global 2, global 3, global 4, global 5, global 6, global 7
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Information on the Final Examination
***NEW*** Final Examination: Sample Questions will be posted on a regular basis starting this week.
Please note that with the exception of some wording or numerical considerations, two (2) questions from the midterm will be asked in the final examination. The Final Examination will be ~30% multiple choice, ~30% short answer and ~40% descriptive, each with about 30% numerical.
The exam is expected to include the following:
At least one midterm question, maybe two
Indoor Air Quality, Rn gas, and the Occupational Environment
Water: gases and solids in water - and chlorination
Sewage and waste treatment
POPs in our environment
Metals
Guest Lecturer Topics
The section you will be responsible to learn on your own is Bunce, Chapter 10, on Metals.
Besides Chapter 10, any section that is not covered in class will not be asked in the Final.
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Welcome to my web page for CHEM 3360, also known as TOX 3360. This course is intended to give you a very good overview of environmental topics in chemistry with emphasis on associated toxicological issues. The course will offer the student an opportunity to see the complex relationship between human practices and environmental pressures resulting from those practices and hopefully an overview on the balance between them. Guest lecturers from the Ministry of the Environment will help round out the course with current perspectives on Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology; what they are working on.
COURSE OUTLINE:
The Course Outline for CHEM / TOX 3360 can be found at the following hyperlink.
LECTURE NOTES:
Lecture Notes / Handouts for Weeks 1 and 2 (approximate number of lectures): Weeks 1 / 2
Lecture Notes / Handouts for Weeks 2 and 3 are now available Weeks 2 / 3
Lecture Notes / Handouts for Weeks 3 and 4 are now available Weeks 3 / 4
Lecture Notes / Handouts for Week 5 are now available Part I: Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Air Quality Supplemental Notes (IAQ Supp. Notes)
Lecture Notes / Handouts for Week 11 is now available Ionizing Radiation and Non-Ionizing Radiation
Lecture Notes / Handouts for Week 12 is now available Water Part a
Lecture Notes / Handouts for Week 13 is now available Sewage Treatment and POPs
OPINION PAPER:
Opinion Paper Outline and Topics
ASSIGNED QUESTIONS:
Assigned questions from Bunce, 1994. Note, there are "core" questions, which should be considered the minimum to cover. Answers to these questions are covered in some detail in Bunce's "Answer Guide".
Sample questions for material covered after the midterm
ARTICLES TO READ:
Climate change: several articles to read. at Guelph, Kyoto, Kyoto1, Hydrogen as a Fuel, Climate Change, one tonne challenge, Global Warming, Global Warming1
An article on SMOG in LA in the early 1960's. The issues facing them then are those still facing us now - LA SMOG
Wigley T. M. L., R. Richels, and J. A. Edmonds, 1996: Economic and environmental choices in the stabilization of atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Nature, 379, 240-243
Zayed, J., et al., Exposure of Taxi Drivers and Office Workers to Total and Respirable Manganese in an Urban Environment, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 57:376-380 (1996)
Spicer, C.W., et al., Variability of Hazardous Air Pollutants in an Urban Area, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 30, No. 20, pp. 3443-3456, 1996
SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT TO DATE (January 31, 2006)
The first three Chapters of Bunce provide an overview of environmental issues in the Atmosphere. Among the other related issues, you should be able to summarize the formation and subsequent potential reactions of the anthropogenic source of pollutants involved in ozone destruction in the stratosphere and formation in the troposphere; you should be able to provide summary reaction schemes and various inputs in to the numerous reactions discussed in class. The products of these reactions are toxic. Please be sure to understand, for example, the toxicity of ozone to life. What about NO / NO2? Others? What is our concern over particulate matter and free radicals? This line of thinking will help you put the course content into perspective.
We are on target with the course to date. I intend to spend time helping develop a summary of the course content as we go and to tackle the "key" question types that are expected on the midterm (and the final).
GUEST LECTURER REVIEWS: SUGGESTED APPROACH FOR REVIEWS:
Guide to Guest Lecturer's Talk / Discussion. After some consideration (and a little encouragement from a couple of students) your review article is due within 7 days of the talk.
Dr. Paul Yang's Talk on January 26, 2006
Dave Poirier's Talk on February 2, 2006
Dr. Vince Teguchi's Talk on March 2, 2006
(Dr.) Julie Shroeder's Talk on March 30, 2006