Introduction
Many Indian towns, villages and rivers are heavily affected by plastic pollution.
Plastic isn’t collected or properly disposed so it ends in streets and rivers without any control. This leads to an environmental pollution caused by polimers of various composition, size and, in many cases, the release and human or animal absorption of plastic related organic compounds.
Task
Design an environmental monitoring plan in order to evaluate the pollution level of a specific urban area and close river.
Try to monitor plastic residue in the environment and, if possible, in the local flora and fauna.
Use between 200 to 400 words for the entire plan.
Process
Resources
In order to design your plan, study and use freely the following resources.
Human body burdens of chemicals used in plastic manufacture
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873011/
Using Environmental Simulations to Test the Release of Hazardous Substances from Polymer-Based Products: Are Realism and Pragmatism Mutually Exclusive Objectives?
Degradation and metabolism of synthetic plastics and associated products by Pseudomonas sp.: capabilities and challenges
https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jam.13472
Moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in Chinese adolescents
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651321002827
Urinary Phthalate Metabolites in Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) From Sarasota Bay, FL, USA
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2018GH000146
Biomonitoring for Exposure Assessment to Styrene in the Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic Industry: Determinants and Interferents
https://academic.oup.com/annweh/article/59/8/1000/2196172
Steps suggested
After carefully studying the suggested resources, create a website describing the project.
Use the Google Site platform associated to your school account and create a page for every chapter of the project (General introduction, plastic and pollution overview, description of the area you are focusing on, sampling, sample testing)
Evaluation
The project will be evaluated using our standard evaluation grid
Credits
Thanks to Anna!