Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Assessing Health Risks From Pesticides

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the active ingredients registered as pesticides. Site discusses toxicology, exposure, dose-response and risk characterization.
Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Mercury

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a user navigated slide show with animations providing basic information about the element Mercury.
Article
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Air Toxics Website Manganese Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
Very thorough information on manganese. Lists its uses, where it is found, physical properties, and potential health effects.
Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Asbestos

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the different types of risks imposed when exposed to asbestos. Risks that are discussed are cancer risks, reproductive effects, and chronic effects.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Radioactivity Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is part of Planet Diary and contains an online exploration of waste in different states. Young scholars investigate the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Priorities site for sources of nuclear waste and then...