ENV 510 : Environmental Health and Safety

By

K.Subramaniam , PJK

MSc(Envt), BSc(Hons)(Envt & Occ.Health), Dip RSH.

Introduction Lecture

ENV 510 :

Environmental Health

and

Safety Studies

Environmental Issues and Health

•Code : ENV510

Course : Environmental Health And Safety

Studies

Level : -

Credit Unit : 3.0

Contact Hour : 4.0

Part : 06

Course Status : Elective

Prerequisite : None

1. Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this subject the student

will be able to:

- Further develop an understanding of the function of

complex systems and inter-relationships within them.

- Develop a critical approach to the analysis of

environmental problems.

- Develop an understanding of the development of an

area by comprehensive and intensive study.

• Course Description

- This course will provides an understanding

of the function of complex systems which

have inter-connected within them.

- Students will be carrying out a field course

studies in a selected area which have the

availability of background information.

• Syllabus Content

• An area will be selected which provides a range of

environmental problems / issues which can be

readily inter-connected.

• The Klang Vally and Selangor / Melaka / Perak state

is a suitable area because of the availability of

background information.

1. Mining activities and the nature of spoil

- Natural and artificial recolonisation.

- Role of the National Mining Board, Planning authorities

(Town and Country Planning Dept.) and other agencies

(e.g. FRIM).

2. The socio-economic use of reclaimed industrial waste land.

- Light industry (each district there is one),

- Leisure facilities (e.g. Mines Resort city and Sunway

Resort city).

- Role of the local Environmental Health Department.

- Registers of Contaminated Land (e.g. NRE).

3. The biological problems associated with re-

vegetation of areas of toxic waste (e.g. FRIM)

3.1 Toxic residues and effects, particularly on tree

growth.

3.2 Comparison of polluted and control areas.

4. Agricultural exploitation and development

5. The role of the Ministry of Agriculture.

5.1 Pollution of water courses (Agro-business) & water

extraction (SYABAS).

5.1 Role of Water and National River Authority (e.g.

DID).

6. The effects of centuries of air pollution on

surrounding vegetation (anthropogenic activities).

7. Nature conservation

7.1. Role of Voluntary Organization (e.g. MNS).

7.2. Malaysian Nature.

7.3. Legal Framework.

8. Decline in employment, and its social and

economic consequences (EPU).

9. Impact of human activities on marine

environments

– Leisure use of marine environment (DOE)

9.1.1 Exploitation of natural marine resources.

• Teaching Methodology

– Lecture with student participation, assignments,

demonstrations and/or audio-visual aids and

field course visits.

•Assessment

• Student will be assessed on the basis of written proposal for field

course studies, and their contribution to the preparation of poster

displays, oral presentation and final examination.

i. Written proposal of field course work : 15%

ii. Written and visual materials prepared

for display from field course : 15%

iii. Written reports and oral presentation : 20%

iv.Final examination : 50%

v. Total : 100%

• Recommended Texts

Miller, G.T. (2007). Environmental Science (15th Edition).

Thompson Brooks Cole, USA.

Francis, B.M., (1997) Toxic Substances in the Environment, John Wiley &

Sons, U.K.

Baird, C., (1995). Environmental Chemistry, W.H Freeman & Company.

C. Dinaur (1987). Minerals in Soil Environments, Soil Science Society of

America, Madison.

Kupchella, C.E. and Hyland, M.C. (1993). Environmental Science : Living

Within the System of Nature (3rd Edition). Prentice-Hall, USA.

• References

Ahmad Ibrahim, (1995). The Malaysian Legal Syatem, DBP.

Martin Philips and Tim Mighall., (1998), Society, Nature and Environment,

Longman.

Bernrd J. Nebel and Richard T. Wright., (1996), Environmental Science,

6th Edition, Prentice Hall.

Malcom Newson et al. (1992), Managing the Human Impact on Natural

Environment: Patterns and Processes, Belhaven Press, London.

Andrew R.W Jackson and M. Jackson., (1996), Environmental Science:

The Natural Environment and Human Impact, Longman.

London.

Derek Ellis. (1989), Environmental at Risk: Case Histories of Impact

Assessment, Springer-Verlag. New York.

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