The following pages provide those who live in CC not only information on environmental health and resource issues, but also hints on how to keep our families and landscape in good shape.
- Water quality: national and CC water quality problems & solutions
- Oil spills: our responsibility to the bay...
- Water as a resources: ground water supplies, wells and sinkholes
- Soil as a resource: the dirt on conservation and erosion in CC
- Indoor air pollution: worse than outdoor, and still worse than ever
- Noise pollution: what you hear might hurt you
- School environment: what does your child take in besides a breath of knowledge?
- Outdoor air pollution -why do we need those emissions tests?
- Recycling in CC- our landfill and it's limits, as well as hours of operation
- Hazardous wastes - what to do with those left-over home-project chemicals?
- Biodiversity in CC -a bird in the hand, and twenty in the bush with your help.(This page is quite picturesque but may take a minute to download)
- Pesticides - what they include, safer alternatives & info on those gnawing home pests
The pages were developed by the students of WMC's Environmental Health course as a means of sharing with others in the community
- their valid concerns about the environment that we live in, and
- techniques which we can use to improve our living conditions
Materials presented come from interviews with CC Environmental Health & Soil Conservation staff as well as information gleaned from other web sites, research journals and books. Each topic provides general background, as well as information specific to CC where available and links to still more comprehensive sites.
These pages will be updated periodically to keep abreast of new issues and to expand the topic offerings covered. Please feel free to ask questions or provide suggestions for page improvement. We're interested in hearing from you! ( eiglich@ns1.wmc. car.md.us).
Note: These pages are not a professional production; we accept that errors may exist although we have attempted to validate all information given.
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