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Community Assessment, Environment Analysis

The quality of the physical environment plays a vital role for the people of the city of

Racine including the overall community health. The health of the physical environment is very

important including air quality, soil, and the living conditions in homes. The physical

environment has several hazards including air pollution, lead poisoning, and radon in the air.

There is a lot of haze in the air due to the availability of PM2.5 particles that reduce visibility on

the roads (City of Racine, 2018). The particles often affect the entire population in the city of

Racine due to their detrimental effects including complicated breathing and health problems.

Kenosha County’s air monitoring station confirmed that the number of PM2.5 particles is

consistently increasing as compared to the overall data for the state of Wisconsin.

Lead poisoning is another serious challenge. The people in the City of Racine have blood

lead levels of 5 mg/dL. Lead poisoning has affected several children in the City of Racine owing

to the increased blood lead levels. However, there are no serious mechanisms that have been put

in place as part of the lead abatement activities. The government needs to make and implement

policies that can ensure the proper abatement of lead-contaminated homes to save the lives of at-

risk children. The strategy will reduce the number of people that are on the verge of lead

poisoning. Additionally, the level of indoor radon pollution has increased in the city of Racine by

as much as 5.7 PicoCuries per liter of air (City of Racine, 2018). The figure is far much more

than the accepted maximum level of radon gas in the air, which should be 4 PicoCuries per liter

of air. This implies that the city of Racine has higher than the accepted average quantity of radon

in the air. This implies that it is also higher than the average national indoor radon that was

estimated to be 1.3 pCi/L in 2018. Therefore, the city is experiencing extremely dangerous levels

of radon.

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Running head: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS Community Assessment, Environment Analysis 1 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS 2 Community Assessment, Environment Analysis The quality of the physical environment plays a vital role for the people of the city of Racine including the overall community health. The health of the physical environment is very important including air quality, soil, and the living conditions in homes. The physical environment has several hazards including air pollution, lead poisoning, and radon in the air. There is a lot of haze in the air due to the availability of PM2.5 particles that reduce visibility on the roads (City of Racine, 2018). The particles often affect the entire population in the city of Racine due to their detrimental effects including complicated breathing and health problems. Kenosha County’s air monitoring station confirmed that the number of PM2.5 particles is consistently increasing as compared to the overall data for the state of Wisconsin. Lead poisoning is another serious challenge. The people in the City of Racine have blood lead levels of 5 mg/dL. Lead poisoning has affected several children in the City of Racine owing to the increased blood lead levels. However, there are no serious mechanisms that have been put in place as part of the lead abatement activities. The government needs to make and implement policies that can ensure the proper abatement of lead-contaminated homes to save the lives of ...
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