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    1. The document provides instructions for an assignment on selecting organic compounds to analyze using the EPA's PBT Profiler tool. Students are asked to select compounds from a particular state and county based on TRI emissions data, find the CAS numbers, and analyze the compounds' persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity potentials. 2. Students then need to find additional toxicity information on each compound from sources like MSDS sheets and comment on any hazards. 3. The key lesson is about the importance of considering environmental and health impacts of chemical emissions, which remains an important issue today for protecting public health and the environment.

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    1. The document provides instructions for an assignment on selecting organic compounds to analyze using the EPA's PBT Profiler tool. Students are asked to select compounds from a particular state and county based on TRI emissions data, find the CAS numbers, and analyze the compounds' persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity potentials. 2. Students then need to find additional toxicity information on each compound from sources like MSDS sheets and comment on any hazards. 3. The key lesson is about the importance of considering environmental and health impacts of chemical emissions, which remains an important issue today for protecting public health and the environment.

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    Engineering Enviro Report

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    1. The document provides instructions for an assignment on selecting organic compounds to analyze using the EPA's PBT Profiler tool. Students are asked to select compounds from a particular state and county based on TRI emissions data, find the CAS numbers, and analyze the compounds' persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity potentials. 2. Students then need to find additional toxicity information on each compound from sources like MSDS sheets and comment on any hazards. 3. The key lesson is about the importance of considering environmental and health impacts of chemical emissions, which remains an important issue today for protecting public health and the environment.

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    EngineeringandtheEnvironment

    CHEG667013Assignment4
    OneAdvancewritingwithmanyparts:isdue,priortothestartofclass.
    Advancewriting:Forthisexercise,whenusingthePBTProfiler,selectonlyorganic
    compounds.Metalsandsalts(includinginorganicacidsandbases)donotfitwiththe
    modelingconcept.YoucanfindtheEPAPBTProfilerontheInternetat:
    http://www.pbtprofiler.net/notice.asp.YouwillneedaCAS#foryourcompoundof
    choice.Therearemanywaystogetone.AfavoriteistouseanMSDSfinderwhichwill
    tellyoumuchaboutsafehandlingofthatcompound,andalsowilllistitsCAS#.My
    favorite(present)MSDSfinderisathttp://hazard.com/msds/.
    1.
    Ifthesiteprovidedinclass
    (http://iaspub.epa.gov/triexplorer/tri_release.chemical)doesnotgototheTRI
    Explorer,accesstheTRIathttp://www.epa.gov/tri/.Scrolldownandselect
    Browse2012NationalAnalysisReport.IntheleftcolumnselectTRIDataand
    Tools.ScrolldowntoselectTRIexplorer
    2.
    FromtheTRIexplorer,besuretheselectorisonchemical,notfacilityor
    federalfacilityortrendsetc.Thenselecta"stateorcounty"ingeographic
    location,pickacounty,preferablyyourhomecounty(orpickoneanywherebut
    forthesakeofdiversityconsideravoidingNewCastleCounty,Delaware)
    3.
    Namethestateandcountyyouarestudying,andlookatthemostsignificant
    (organiccompound)emissiontoaparticularmedia,suchasair.Pickone
    compoundthatparticularlyinterestsyou.Nameit.Selectonthatcompound
    anditwillidentifythecompanieswhoaretheemitters.Whatcompanyisthe
    largestemitter?
    4.
    Gobackandresetonfacility.Pickacompany/sitedifferentfromthe
    previousonefromthesamegeographicalarea.Selectasecondorganic
    compoundthatinterestsyouandnameit.
    5.
    FindandrecordtheCAS#forbothcompounds.Youmayworkfroman
    MSDS(orInternationalChemicalSafetyCard)finderorsomethingelse.
    6.
    UsingtheEPAsPBTProfiler,(briefly!)commentonthepersistence,
    bioaccumulationandtoxicitypotentialofeachcompound.
    7.
    Usinganyothersource(preferablyanMSDSbutnotnecessarily),makean
    additionalcommentaboutthetoxicityorotherhazardforeachcompoundyou
    chose.(Trytofindatoxicityhazard,particularlyifthePBTProfilerconsiders
    yourcompound(s)moderatelyinnocuous!)Citeyouradditionalsource.
    8.
    Whatisakeymessagepertinenttoyourfuturejobthatyoulearnedfrom
    doingthisexercise?(Hint:Thinkaboutthefirsttwogoldenrules.Thestandard
    messageiseasy,butfortheentrepreneurinyou,thereisanevenbettermessage.)

    Beconcise.
    Fordiscussioninclass,readtheexcerptedRecommendation1showninIndustEnvi
    PerfMetrics(publishedin1999)inSakaisiteunderResources.Considerhowthe
    issueshaveremainedfairlyconstant,althoughthetragiceventsof9/11/2001have

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    considerablyreshapedsomeofthelevelsofpublicconcern.Also,considerthe
    durabilityoftheseissuesandhowyouwoulddefinepracticalmetricsfortheseissues.
    TheentirebookmaybereadonlineatIndustrialEnvironmentalPerformanceMetrics
    athttp://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9458(publishedin1999).The
    SummaryandRecommendationsareonpp115.Chapter5,pp85105isaboutThe
    ChemicalIndustry.Itisanexcellentsummaryforbackgroundreadingatsometime.
    (APDFofthisisNOTinUDSakai.)

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