1. Our environment has a large impact on our health. Global, regional, and home environments all contain health problems. For each of these environmental levels, identify an environmental issue that impacts your personal health. Describe a possible solution and explain how this solution can be incorporated into your lifestyle. Environmental political advocacy groups promote solutions for many of the environmental problems. Select one environmental advocacy group that has a website. There are many examples provided in your text. Complete a thorough review of the website and select one issue that the group emphasizes. Provide a description of that issue and include the main problem, a brief history/trend of the problem, and the current and future consequences of the problem. Then, discuss the proposed solution to the problem and the current efforts/campaign directed by the advocacy group. You may include links to the website or particular pages within the website. For an example of the type of website you need to locate, review the Beyond Oil website from the Sierra Club (200 words)
2. In twenty-first century medicine, much of our health information comes from electronic resources, such as the internet, television ads, and other media sources. Reflect on the multitude of sources for which we receive health information. Describe at least three of those sources, and discuss how beneficial they are in helping us to make informed decisions about our health. Next, find a reputable, online source of health information. Describe the qualities that indicate it is a reputable source. (200 words)
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