Assignment: Endocrine Disruptors
Assignment: Endocrine Disruptors
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Assignment: Endocrine Disruptors
Chemicals, such as pesticides, hormones, and pharmaceuticals, enter our waterways every day in a multitude of ways, such as from the discharge of treated wastewater into rivers or old medicines being flushed down the toilet. Plastics can also release its chemical components, especially as the plastic begins to degrade. Many of these chemicals affect the endocrine system, the collection of glands that secrete hormones, which regulate many functions in humans and other organisms. Endocrine disruptors are relatively widespread or ubiquitous in our daily lives and scientists are now recognizing that these chemicals can influence fertility, especially in males.
Read the following two articles, which present a general view of how endocrine disruptors are influencing human and fish fertility. Describe your reaction to these articles. How should we deal with these concerns?
CNN Health. (2014 May 12). Common chemicals challenge sperm. Retrieved from http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/12/common-chemicals-challenge-sperm/
Alvarez, D. et al. (2009). Intersex fish: Endocrine disruption in smallmouth bass. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved from http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/pdf/endocrine.pdf
ESSAY GUIDELINES -:
Write a 1000-1500-word essay addressing each of the following points. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be two main sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper.
Support your ideas with at least three (3) sources using citations in your essay. Make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page in correct APA do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
Length: 1000-1500 words; answers must thoroughly address the prompts in a clear, concise manner.
Evaluation Criteria for Paper
(10%) Resources used as rationale for approaches and as sources of content
_____ 5. (20%) write paper in a scholarly manner
(4%) Format includes title page, body of paper, & reference page, with pages numbered
_____ 5. (20%) Write the Paper in a scholarly manner
(4%) Format includes title page, body of paper, & reference page, with pages numbered
