www.epa.gov/myenvironment
Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s MyEnvironment site at http://www.epa.gov/myenvironment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., and enter your location into the location box. ____Queens NY
Choose one of the topic areas.
My Health
My Climate
My Air
My Water
Then, click on the boxes under the Map Contents menu to add data into the map on specific topics. Explore the site to learn more about your environment and things that might be impacting the health of its citizens.
Identify something new you learned about your environment and how it could be affecting health by completing this statement, “I didn’t know _____.”
How could you, in the role of a community health nurse, address these concerns?
