This SLP examines the use of cost-benefit analysis in the standard-setting process as well as how environmental/occupational standards are enforced. For this SLP, answer the following two-part questions in 56 pages and support your answers with the literature: Part 1: 1. Describe the cost-benefit analysis that was used in the standard-setting process for the substance you chose for your SLP. 2. Describe how this analysis affected the process of standard setting and the involvement of all stakeholders. 3. Analyze the impact of the cost-benefit analysis in regulating environmental/occupational health and safety for the substance. Part 2: 1. Describe how your selected standard is enforced in industry or the community. 2. Has this standard and its enforcement been beneficial at reducing diseases and injuries related to this substance? 3. Select one aspect of this standard that you believe needs to be updated or changed to improve its effectiveness at reducing associated mortality/morbidity. in-text citations and references: Be sure that all information and ideas in your papers are supported by in-text citations and corresponding references at the end of the paper. Cite 2-3 sentences per paragraph Scholarly sources: Online sources must be limited to credible professional and scholarly publications such as peer-reviewed journal articles, e-books, or specific webpages on websites from a university, government, or nonprofit organization (these have extensions .edu, .gov, or .org). Presenting consumer sources such as e-magazines, newspapers, Wikipedia, WebMD, or other commercial websites (these have extensions .com) as references is not appropriate. Scholarly writing: Use an academic paper format, not an essay based on your opinions or experience. Avoid using the first person in writing. Synthesize what you learned from the sources you read; write papers in your own words; and cite sources within the text, as well as include a properly formatted reference list. Alm, A. L. (1988, January/February). NEPA: Past, present, and future. EPA Journal. Revised 2016. Retrieved from https://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/nepa-past-present-and-future Carruth, R. S., & Goldstein, B. D. (2013). Chapter 1: Overview of U.S. legal system. In Environmental health law: An introduction (pp. 122). Somerset, NJ, USA: Jossey-Bass, Wiley. Carruth, R. S., & Goldstein, B. D. (2013). Chapter 2: Transparency & accountability in the executive branch: Judicial review and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In Environmental health law: An introduction (pp. 2340). Somerset, NJ, USA: Jossey-Bass, Wiley. Council on Environmental Quality. (1997). The National Environmental Policy Act: A study of its effectiveness after twenty-five years. Retrieved from https://ceq.doe.gov/nepa/nepa25fn.pdf Kraft, M. (2015). Environmental policy and politics (6th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. Lewis, J. (1985, November). The birth of EPA. EPA Journal. Retrieved from https://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/birth-epa National environmental policy act implementing procedures. (2016). Lanham: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. Spina, F. (2015). Environmental justice and patterns of State inspections. Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell), 96(2), 417-429. doi:10.1111/ssqu.12160 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Environmental justice considerations in the NEPA process. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/nepaej/index.html Van Sluytman, L. G., & Sheppard, P. (2016). 26 Environment of the margins. Emergent Possibilities for Global Sustainability: Intersections of Race, Class and Gender, 197
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