{"id":83,"date":"2019-02-27T16:50:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T21:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-mlopez\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2019-04-11T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:14:27","slug":"april-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-cholguin\/data-collection-logs\/april-3\/","title":{"rendered":"April 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><em>Between weeks 8 and 12, each student should provide a weekly reflection (500 words) on the data you have collected to date. <\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What data did you collect?<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>I found various different types of stories and reports about the toxins which are produced during the smelting process. Also, I found some stuff on the medical impacts of copper waste. Lastly, I found some very basic material on wind patterns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>What is your initial impression of the data?<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Just how dangerous smelling is upon further examination. The medical issues which should arise from this process&#8211;not just the environmental degradation which would occur.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>How have the data you have collected this week changed\/progressed your thinking about your research project?<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>I think I have enough material to develop the basic which I need to go over before I go and talk to professor peterman about the smelting process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>What challenges did you encounter while collecting the data?<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>A lot of this stuff takes a lot of digging to find, and it can&#8217;t be found in clusters. Also, the human side of stuff has been a pain in the ass to find.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>What are your next steps?<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>I am going to email professor Peterman to see if I can meet to learn more about the copper smelting process. \u00a0I am also going to be talking to my dad in the next couple of weeks about what happened to people in my hometown, and the health complications which came about from it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2-3 annotations.\n<ul>\n<li>Anon. 2003. \u201cToxic Air Pollution from Copper Smelters Challenged.\u201d <i>Earthjustice<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019 (https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/news\/press\/2003\/toxic-air-pollution-from-copper-smelters-challenged).Anon. 2014. \u201cHow Can Metal Mining Impact the Environment?\u201d <i>American Geosciences Institute<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019 (https:\/\/www.americangeosciences.org\/critical-issues\/faq\/how-can-metal-mining-impact-environment).\n<p>Anon. 2018. \u201cSulfide Mining.\u201d <i>Sierra Club<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019 (https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/minnesota\/mining\/sulfide-mining).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cCopper Sulfide Mining.\u201d <i>Earthworks<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019a (https:\/\/earthworks.org\/issues\/copper_sulfide_mining\/).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cCopper Tailings.\u201d Retrieved April 3, 2019b (http:\/\/chemistry.elmhurst.edu\/vchembook\/333tailings.html).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cImpacts of Smelting &#8211; Base Metal Smelting.\u201d Retrieved April 3, 2019c (https:\/\/siddikabasemetalsmelting.weebly.com\/impacts-of-smelting.html).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cJet Stream | Wind Maps | Weather Underground.\u201d Retrieved April 3, 2019d (https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/maps\/wind\/jet-stream).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cLargest Open Pit Copper Mine in the World at Santa Rita, New Mexico. Copper Was Discovered Here by an Officer of the Spanish Army in 1800 Who Sold the Same to a Wealthy Spanish Merchant. Pure Native Copper Was Transported by Pack Mule to Mexico City to Enter the Royal Mint for Coinage. In 1900 a Young Mining Engineer Became Interested in the Development and Was Instrumental in the Ultimate Success of the Chino Copper Company. The Ore Is Now Shipped to Hurley, a Short Distance to the South, Where It Is Put through a Five Million Dollar Smelter.\u201d <i>Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019e (https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/2017786551\/).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cMining and Water Pollution.\u201d <i>Safe Drinking Water Foundation<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019f (https:\/\/www.safewater.org\/fact-sheets-1\/2017\/1\/23\/miningandwaterpollution).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cSmelting &#8211; Environmental, Pollutants, Impact, EPA, Soil, Industrial, Toxic, World, Sources, Disposal, Health.\u201d Retrieved April 3, 2019g (http:\/\/www.pollutionissues.com\/Re-Sy\/Smelting.html).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cTailings Ponds Are the Biggest Environmental Disaster You\u2019ve Never Heard Of &#8211; VICE.\u201d Retrieved April 3, 2019h (https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/8gdd3g\/tailings-ponds-are-the-biggest-environmental-disaster-youve-never-heard-of-714).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cToxic Releases by Arizona Mines Increasing | Environment | Tucson.Com.\u201d Retrieved April 3, 2019i (https:\/\/tucson.com\/news\/science\/environment\/toxic-releases-by-arizona-mines-increasing\/article_07e82f9e-0785-5503-83a8-37f1d53069c3.html).<\/p>\n<p>Anon. n.d. \u201cWhat Is Sulfide Mining? | Mining Action Group.\u201d Retrieved April 3, 2019j (https:\/\/savethewildup.org\/about\/sulfide-mining-101\/).<\/p>\n<p>Csavina, Janae, Louise Kristensen, Mark Patrick Taylor, and Peter Davies. n.d. \u201cReducing the Harms of Toxic Air in Mining and Smelting Communities.\u201d <i>The Conversation<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019 (http:\/\/theconversation.com\/reducing-the-harms-of-toxic-air-in-mining-and-smelting-communities-25999).<\/p>\n<p>ecology, Frederic Beaudry Dr Frederic Beaudry is an associate professor of environmental science at Alfred University in New York He has a Ph D. in wildlife. n.d. \u201cThese Are the Environmental Risks From Mine Tailings.\u201d <i>ThoughtCo<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019 (https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/environmental-effects-of-mine-tailings-1204114).<\/p>\n<p>Jamail, Dahr. n.d. \u201cDahr Jamail | New Mexico: Where Polluting Groundwater Is Legal.\u201d <i>Truthout<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019 (https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/new-mexico-where-polluting-groundwater-is-legal\/).<\/p>\n<p>Rzymski, Piotr, Piotr Klimaszyk, W\u0142odzimierz Marszelewski, Dariusz Borowiak, Miros\u0142aw Mleczek, Kamil Nowi\u0144ski, Bo\u017cena Pius, Przemys\u0142aw Niedzielski, and Barbara Poniedzia\u0142ek. 2018. \u201cThe Chemistry and Toxicity of Discharge Waters from Copper Mine Tailing Impoundment in the Valley of the Apuseni Mountains in Romania.\u201d <i>Environmental Science and Pollution Research<\/i> 25(18):18221\u201318221.<\/p>\n<p>US EPA, OAR. 2015. \u201cTENORM: Copper Mining and Production Wastes.\u201d <i>US EPA<\/i>. Retrieved April 3, 2019 (https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radiation\/tenorm-copper-mining-and-production-wastes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lopez&#8217;s Comments:\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wow. You&#8217;ve got a lot here with your reference. I hope you using a way to manage your references. I like the progress you continue to make with this project. I am also particularly happy to hear that you feel that you have enough material to start writing and interview folks. I also like that have a good sense of the environmental\/health damage that copper smelting causes. Keep it up!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between weeks 8 and 12, each student should provide a weekly reflection (500 words) on the data you have collected to date. What data did you collect? I found various different types of stories and reports about the toxins which are produced during the smelting process. 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