FYS 505 - Bates STEM Scholars

What the Eyes Don't See : A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope In An American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha

Examples of Issues Addressed

• Lead in the Flint Michigan Water Supply
• Water quality / water safety
• Public utilities in under resourced communities
• Post discovery remediation of hazardous materials (e.g. lead in water and soil (paint), asbestos)

Potential Resources

• Currie, Janet, Joshua Graff Zivin, Katherine Meckel, Matthew Neidell, and Wolfram Schlenker. 2013. "Something in the Water: Contaminated Drinking Water and Infant Health." The Canadian Journal of Economics 46 (3): 791-810.
• Flint Michigan Drinking Water Documents - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Management Weaknesses: Delayed Response to Flint Water Crisis (July 19, 2018)
• Rich, Nathaniel. "Rob Bilott v. DuPont.(Correction Notice)." The New York Times Magazine, 2016, pp. 36.
• Hu XC, Andrews DQ, Lindstrom AB, Bruton TA, Schaider LA, Grandjean P, et al. 2016. Detection of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in U.S. drinking water linked to industrial sites, military fire training areas, and wastewater treatment plants. Environ Sci Technol Lett 3(10):344–350, PMID: 27752509, 10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00260.
• Redvers, Nicole, Ann Marie Chischilly, Donald Warne, Manuel Pino, and Amber Lyon-Colbert. 2021. "Uranium Exposure in American Indian Communities: Health, Policy, and the Way Forward." Environmental Health Perspectives 129 (3): 35002.
• Raymond-Whish, Stefanie, Loretta P. Mayer, Tamara O'Neal, Alisyn Martinez, Marilee A. Sellers, Patricia J. Christian, Samuel L. Marion, et al. 2007. "Drinking Water with Uranium Below the U.S. EPA Water Standard Causes Estrogen Receptor-Dependent Responses in Female Mice." Environmental Health Perspectives 115 (12): 1711-1716." Environmental Health Perspectives 129 (3): 35002.
• Hill, Elaine L. and Lala Ma. 2022. "Drinking Water, Fracking, and Infant Health." Journal of Health Economics 82: 102595-102595.
• USGS Publications Warehouse (Advanced Search)
  • Example Search: "Flint Michigan" AND lead AND "drinking water"
  • Example Search: "drinking water" AND "uranium contamination"

• Proquest News and Newspapers

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Examples of Issues Addressed

• HeLa cells
• Humans as research subjects
• Informed consent and Individual rights
• Differential treatment in healthcare based on race and/or gender
• Ethics of research with human subjects
• Patients' rights
• Transparency in healthcare

Potential Resources

• The Ethics in Medicine website (University of Washington School of Medicine)
  • Informed Consent
  • Public Health Ethics
  • Research Ethics
• ​Acadia Institute Observing Bioethics Interviews [Kennedy Institute of Ethics]

Note that this collection has a search tool that allows you to search within the transcripts.  This will be very useful.

• Eliminating healthcare disparities in America : beyond the IOM report edited by Richard Allen Williams

Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush

Examples of Issues Addressed

• Ocean level rise
• Global warming
• Disproportionate effects of sea level rise on different communities
• Denial about or ignorance pertaining to sea level rise and consequences of sea level rise
• Costs of sea level rise (economic, societal, cultural, ecological, etc)
• Solutions/Accommodations: (who gets a say? Who benefits? Who does not benefit?)
• US vs Other countries/nations, US with Other countries/nations

Potential Resources

• EPA Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X)
  • ARC-X Adaptation Planning Page
  • ARC-X Case Studies
• IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (5AR) - Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
  • AR5 - Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability : Non-Journal Literature Library

For example: Sea-Level Rise Adaptation and Risk Mitigation Measures for the City of Cape Town Resort

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) Technical Reports
  • Perform a search scoped to the NOAA publications.  For example, try a site search within NOAA for sea level change info: site:https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications "sea level"
  • GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SEA LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS FOR THE UNITED STATES
  • Hurricane MATTHEW
• Adaptation to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: The Case Study of Coastal Communities in New Brunswick, Canada by Sebastian Weissenberger, Omer Chouinard
• Climate of the southeast United States: variability, change, impacts, and vulnerability
  by Keith T Ingram
• Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for Coastal Communities by Walter Leal Filho
• Threatened island nations: legal implications of rising seas and a changing climate by Michael Gerrard and  Gregory E Wannier
• Civic engagement in the wake of Katrina by Amy Koritz and George J Sanchez
• Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement by Samuel Rufat, Eric Tate, Christopher G Burton, and Abu Sayeed Maroof.
• Hallegatte, Stephane, et al. "Future Flood Losses in Major Coastal Cities." Nature Climate Change, vol. 3, no. 9, 2013, pp. 802-806.
• Rufat, Samuel, et al. "Social Vulnerability to Floods: Review of Case Studies and Implications for Measurement." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 14, 2015, pp. 470-486.
• Hirsch, Arnold R. "(almost) A Closer Walk with Thee: Historical Reflections on New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina." Journal of Urban History, vol. 35, no. 5, 2009, pp. 614-626.
• Bond Graham, Darwin. "The New Orleans that Race Built: Racism, Disaster, and Urban Spatial Relationships." Souls, vol. 9, no. 1, 2007, pp. 4-18.
• Christophe, Antoinette. "Hurricane Katrina 10th Year Anniversary: Status of the Minority Population in Regards to New Orleans Port Infrastructure & a Sustainable Wetland Environment." Race, Gender & Class, 2015, pp. 234-254.

The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández

Examples of Issues Addressed

• Chagas disease (aka American trypanosomiasis)
• Trypanosoma cruzi
• Neglected parasitic diseases
• Neglected tropical diseases
• "Return on Investment" vs. Ethical Public Response

Potential Resources

• Pérez-Molina, José A. and Israel Molina. 2018. "Chagas Disease." The Lancet (British Edition) 391 (10115): 82-94.
• Bern, Caryn. 2015. "Chagas’ Disease." The New England Journal of Medicine 373 (5): 456-466.
• Rassi, Anis, Dr, Anis Rassi Prof, and José Antonio Marin-Neto Prof. 2010. "Chagas Disease." The Lancet (British Edition) 375 (9723): 1388-1402.
• Cross, George A. M. 2005. "Trypanosomes at the Gates." Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 309 (5733): 355-355.
• Parasites - American Trypanosomiasis (also known as Chagas Disease)