New Philadelphia Case Study

States also have the authority to delegate their police powers to Municipalities. Pennsylvania 's Constitution, states that a “municipality which has a home rule charter may exercise any power or perform any function not denied by [this Constitution], by its home rule charter or by the General Assembly at any time”. Thus the City of Philadelphia draws its police powers from the state in the same way states draw their power from the Constitution. Section 5-300(a) of Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter of 1951 provides that the City Department of Public Health shall administer and enforce statutes, ordinances and regulations relating to public health including those dealing with the pursuit of occupations affecting the public health”.

People hear about issues and events that happen in America every day. Unfortunately every issue or problem does not receive the necessary media attention. One of the roughest cities in the United States, Detroit, Michigan is being affected by pollution. Detroit Wastewater Treatment Facility is the largest source of discharge into the river with 47 billion gallons of diluted sewage water dump into the Detroit River. 10.1 millions of toxic substance was dumped in the great lakes (Matthews, 2013.para.7). Due to the unstable environment Asthma, Cancer, and birth defects are at its peak. This is because of the factories built in the city next to the lower class neighborhoods. There has been cases where a local neighborhoods has been affected by

Some of the major issues debated at the Philadelphia Convention were having a Bicameral or a Unicameral government and how representation would be distributed. The Virginia Plan pushed for a Bicameral Legislature, and representation was based on population. It favored the federal government being representational of the people of the nation as a whole rather than the states. The biggest problem with this form of government was that the small states won’t have as much representation in government, and therefore would have little choice in the decisions of the nation. For the New Jersey Plan a Unicameral legislature was favored, and representation was equal for all states. The idea behind this was that the federal government should represent

A neighborhood is a place when we spend almost half of our life, a neighborhood can be used to talk about to the small group of houses in the close vicinity of one’s house or to a larger area with similar housing types and market values. As in the article “Southwest Philadelphia” by Michael McCauley, people houses were too close to each other and every one of them knew every single person who lived in every house on the street. They were like relatives. Same comparable an author story, I was born and grow up in a small neighborhood which is Kavaja city, in the middle of Albania. It is a quiet neighborhood with respectful neighbors, safe area and it is accessible to public transportation.

During this summer I starting reading interesting articles about Boston The Boston Globe and inner-city pesticide used as an environmental justice that help me to understand how half of the population was affected by environmental Hazards and violence, however the most interesting part about this articles is that I learns new thing about the problem that are affecting Boston and differents ways and what are the alternatives and solution to finished with this problems. I know that Boston Is a small state divided into different community and half of this community live in poverty. If I could predict how many of these communities live surrounded by violence and environmental hazards I would say more than 50% because half of the population are

In the 1950’s and 1960’s, lead poisoning was found to be prevalent in the slums of the inner cities. These areas were referred to as the "lead belt" because these run down houses were havens for lead exposure. The flaking paint on walls, the chipping plaster ceilings, and the old furniture exposed these children to a real hazard. Pica was an important contributing factor and children, ages 1 to 3 were at the greatest risk. Siblings in these situations were often affected and recurrence was common because the lead paint was not removed. The prognosis for these children became worse with each recurrence (Chisholm, 1982).

There are available resources and organizations located across the North Philadelphia area. My group members and I focused on the surrounding areas of 22nd and Lehigh. At that intersection there lies Dobbins High School and behind it, a park called x. There a neighborhood shopping center and there are many corner stores. Commuters are able to use SEPTA, Philadelphia’s transportation system. There are buses and subway train stations that are walking distance from this intersection. There are also abandoned houses and factories in blocks radius. We figured that once we took the opportunity to walk through and analyze the community that it would reveal many more resources available.

The family moved to Philadelphia two weeks ago. The children were enrolled in Union Schools, but they haven't been enrolled in Philadelphia. Truancy has been involved with the family in the past, and is currently involved. They went out to the home in Philadelphia on the week prior, and gave the parent a time frame to enroll the kids into school. It was unknown if the mother was awaiting paperwork to transfer. The reporter note concerns for the children overall

The Southeast neighborhood of Allen County has many homes built before 1970 which would have a potential for lead paint as well as asbestos. This would pose a health hazard for families but especially infants and young children. Many homes are in need of general maintenance and repairs. Litter and trash can be seen in the yards and street in front of homes. On the negative side of trash in or around yards it can bring animals and disease to the area. Additionally, sidewalks are cracked with uneven areas which could present a fall hazard and keep people from using them. Very few in ground swimming pools are seen but those in the area are fenced in, while some of the smaller above ground pools are not fenced in. Stray animals were seen

Phoenix topped the charts as the most polluted city in the United States when “judged by year-round particle levels,” (MNN, 2013). Air pollutants can cause adverse health effects on multiple body systems. Negative effects include “difficulty breathing, lung irritation, chest pain, headaches, eye irritation, wheezing, shortness of breath, pulmonary or nasal congestion and developmental delay,” (Ackley & Ladwig, 2008). Monitoring particle levels and contamination incidents, and following isolation and hazard precautions in the community are education pieces that may be taught by the nurse and the city’s Safety Committee (Ackley & Ladwig, 2008).

Although the link between EBLL and health is well recognized, the link between ingestion of tap water with elevated lead levels and EBLL is more contested. Supporting the correlation, an epidemiological study investigating the Flint Michigan Water Crisis by Hanna-Attisha et al. (2016) has drawn a definitive link between elevated lead levels in drinking water and an increase in blood lead levels, and an experimental study comparing the health of individuals drinking tap vs bottled water indicated that iron, chromium and lead levels were significantly higher in tap water consumers ( Badr et al., 2011). On the other hand, multiple studies on the BLL of residents with elevated lead in tap water, such as those performed by the CDC in D.C. homes following statewide elevated lead water levels, have not found a correlation between elevated lead in tap water and EBLL (Center for Disease Control, 2004; Guidotti et al., 2007). However, these studies do not rule out lead in water as a public health risk. In fact, the CDC advocates that all sources of lead should be weighted equally and removed to decrease exposure (Renner, 2010). Thus, the research on the relationship between heavy metals such as lead and copper and health

I know there are potential and probable environmental health threats in the world today, but I have never really sat down and thought about it in the community in which I live. There are many industrial factories in the community I live in making pet food products and all types of household appliances just to name a few. I know there is definitely air quality issues as there are certain days of the week that you can smell the makings of pet food in the air being cooked and often smell the melting of metal from the appliance factories. These factories employ many people that work in this community and most people don’t even notice the smell, but I am sure there are some toxins in the air that we are breathing everyday with the smells. I’m sure

Negative health outcomes plague most cities; things such as pollution, lack of exercise, and poor access to food effect most residents of cities. However, these things disproportionately affect minority groups living within cities. In the United States minority groups are often disadvantaged economically and as such tend to live in less desirable neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are typically near sources of pollution and the houses therein are old and may have lead paint or plumbing and electrical systems that aren’t update to date. Lead paint, lead pipes, and mold are all examples of health hazards lurking in the homes in inner cities.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) identified in Enviroscreen 3.0 the census tract around the Lincoln Heights Jail as one of the most disproportionately affected by pollution, with a pollution burden percentile of 99%. There are additionally high rates of PM2.5 (93rd percentile), traffic (92nd percentile), cleanups (97th percentile), and hazardous waste (91st percentile), placing them in the top decile for all of these health factors. The only environmental risk factors not in the top quartile include ozone (53rd percentile) and groundwater threats (74th percentile). The primary air pollutants in this area, besides PM2.5, include diesel fuel (85th percentile) and toxic releases (78th percentile). Toxic

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