Fit and Well

Internet Activity 49

Environmental Health in Your Community

Visit one of the following sites, enter your zip code, and learn more about the state of the environment in your community. Research and describe one aspect of the local environment—air quality, water quality, chemical pollution, agricultural pollution, and so on. How does your community rank overall? Are there any dangers to human health? What are the key sources of local pollution or key areas of concern?

Environmental Defense Fund Pollution Scorecard

EPA Index Search

EPA’s Surf Your Watershed

Site visited (URL):

Environmental condition/problem:

Description of local situation:


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