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Environmental Protections Services (EPS)

Environmental Protections Services (EPS). Carter Creek Briefing . CartervilleTownship. News from The Carterville Courier Major industry was paper production Carter Creek Paper Major water source – Carter Creek Water supply for town Cooling water for paper factory Transports products

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Environmental Protections Services (EPS)

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  1. Environmental Protections Services (EPS) Carter Creek Briefing

  2. CartervilleTownship • News from The Carterville Courier • Major industry was paper production • Carter Creek Paper • Major water source – Carter Creek • Water supply for town • Cooling water for paper factory • Transports products • Town was thriving until boom of plastic grocery bags in 1980’s • Purchase of plastics firm & Carter Creek Paper & Plastics was thriving again along with the town

  3. Carterville Township Booms • Increased population forces a new housing development • Now • horrible odor in the area • State health Dept. found bacteria (coccus) south of the city

  4. Township of Cartersville vs. Carter Creek Paper & Plastics • Carterville takes legal action • Awaiting response from CCPP

  5. Experimental Protocols for the CCP vs. Carterville Township Case • Sampling • Testing • Organic • 2, 4 D • Polychlorinated biphenyls • Inorganic • Lead • Mercury • Bacteria

  6. 2,4 D • Most popular herbicide or defoliant • Waste product of industrial processes and making of plastics • Found in Agent Orange – cancer causing • Most will be found in sediment at bottom of lake or stream • Only a little soluble in water

  7. Polychlorinated biphenyls • Used for insulation or plastics coated wire • Not soluble in water • Usually found in sediment • oily liquids or solids, clear to yellow in color, with no smell or taste • Health problems – can range from skin lesions to birth defects from eating contaminated fish

  8. Lead • lead and lead compounds have been used in a wide variety of products including paint, ceramics, pipes, solders, gasoline, batteries, and cosmetics • Soluble - found in water • neurological disorders • lack of muscular coordination • convulsions and coma • measurable changes in children’s mental development and behavior

  9. Mercury • Used to paint bottom of boats, piers etc. • Most of the environmental risk to humans is from eating fish with a build up of mercury • Effects: • Shaking, headaches, Memory loss, lower mental Capacity.

  10. Bacterial Contamination • Acceptable level • Typically not odorous • High amounts can cause cramps and diarrhea to intestinal illness and kidney problems

  11. Reporting Results • Semi-quantitative Results • + means substance is present • ++ means present in high concentrations • - means not present or no positive results • DO NOT LEAVE ANY TEST BLANK

  12. Initial Investigation • Unusual coccus bacteria was found in ground water • Has never been seen in the area before • Obligatory aerobic – needs oxygen to survive • Not found in sediment

  13. Expert Testimony Reports Interview with Judge Every group member should be able to answer all questions Each group member will be asked several questions and their individual grade determined by their answers • Court Affidavit • Must provide professional reports showing results of all tests along • Reports • Tables – neatly titled, labeled • Conclusions written after each table

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