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 Week
of Jan 13, 2010 |
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Get acquainted with website |
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Go over the expectations of the course and
note due dates |
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Email the
instructor with a preferred email address |
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Get familiar with the Blackboard site.
Take the risk perception survey by clicking the link under the course
content tab within the Blackboard website. |
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Week
of January 18, 2010 |
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MLK Day, UI Closed |
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Course
Introduction |
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Introduction to Risk
Assessment (RA) - History and Purposes of
RA, Risk Perception Survey, RA Refs |
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Week
of January 25, 2010 |
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Hazard
Identification - Common non-radioactive and radioactive
chemicals |
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Intro
to Toxicity Assessment -
Data
sources for health effects, factors affecting toxicity, exposure
routes |
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Bunker
Hill Superfund Site - Part I |
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Week of
February 1, 2010 |
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Bunker
Hill Superfund Site - Part II |
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Toxicity
Assessment - Non-Radioactive I
- Exposure routes and
storage |
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Toxicity Assessment -
Non-Radioactive II - Biotransformation
and biomonitoring |
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Week
of February 8, 2010 |
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Toxicity
Assessment - Radioactive I - Data
sources for health effects, dose units |
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Toxicity Assessment -
Radioactive II - Radioactive health effects, factors
affecting toxicity,
Exposure routes and storage |
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Hazardous
Waste Cleanup in the Russian Far East |
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1st Journal Article
Review - DUE by Friday, Feb. 12 |
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Week
of February 15, 2010 |
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Presidents Day, UI closed |
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Dose Response -Non-Radioactive
- Toxicity testing, LD-50 |
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Selection of Chemical -
DUE by Friday, Feb. 19 |
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Selection of Case Study
Topic - DUE by Friday, Feb. 19 |
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Week
of February 22, 2010 |
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Dose Response - Non-Carcinogens I
- NOEL, Reference Dose, Benchmark Testing |
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Dose Response - Non-Carcinogens II
- Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Models |
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Dose Response - Carcinogens
- Slope Factor, Cancer Risk |
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Week
of March 1, 2010 |
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Lead
(Pb) Risk Assessment |
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Take Home Exam 1 - DUE
by Monday, Mar. 1 |
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Week
of March 8, 2010 |
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Mutagens, Carcinogens, and Teratogens
- Relationships between these toxic endpoints |
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Case Study Paper Draft
may be submitted by March 12 - Optional |
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Week
of March 15, 2010 - Spring Recess - No Classes |
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Week
of March 22, 2010 |
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Dose Response - Radionuclides - Slope factors, historical dose models |
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Exposure Assessment I
- Physical Chemical Properties of Contaminants |
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Week
of March 29, 2010 |
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Exposure Assessment II
- Physical Chemical properties |
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Exposure Assessment III
Intake, Hazard Indices, Risk Characterization |
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2nd Journal Article
Review - DUE by Friday, April 2 |
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Week
of April 5, 2010 |
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Uncertainty and Variability
- Sources, presentations, probabilistic risk assessment
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Environmental Justice
- Reducing risk fairly for all communities |
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Week
of April 12, 2010 |
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Risk
Exercises |
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Environmental
Release of Selenium
Note: this lecture has an abrupt end for
the audio and video files. |
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Case Study Papers - DUE
by Wednesday, April 14 |
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Week
of April 19, 2010 |
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Epidemiology Concepts
- Distributions and determinants of disease |
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Epidemiological Studies
- Dioxin case; H & N case
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Take Home Exam 2 - DUE
by Friday, April 23 |
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Week
of April 26, 2010 |
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Hanford Environmental Dose
Reconstruction
- I-131 releases and exposures
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Week
of May 3, 2010 |
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Risk Communication
- Perception and factors
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Toxicity Paper - DUE by
Friday, May 7 |
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Week
of May 10, 2010 - Final Exams
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Take Home Final Exam - DUE by
Wednesday, May 12 |
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