Occupational Hygiene and Pollution Prevention

Graduate

This course touches on an area of Environmental Engineering not currently covered in detail by other courses: the indoor environment. As well, students are introduced to the definition and methodology of pollution prevention (P2) in industrial settings. Topics include: environmental stressors, provincial and federal regulations, toxicology of contaminants, surveys of workplaces, measurements of airborne contaminants, engineering controls and steps in pollution prevention. (3 lecture hours a week.)