Environmental Science Assessment Task 2

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Name of Student
Institution Affiliation

QUESTION 1
Environmental issue in A Civil Action
This is the lawsuit legal responsibility that focuses on the protection of the environment from
irresponsible disposal and dumping of chemicals and chemical waste products directly into the
ecosystem without first treating the wastes (Harr, 2011). The chemicals dumped irresponsible
alters the normal and natural working systems of the environment and as a result may have
impacts on both the living organisms and human beings.
QUESTION 2
Trichloroethylene
Uses of Trichloroethylene
This is a clear non-flammable volatile liquid that is produced basically for commercial purposes.
Its main uses includes:
Production of hydrocarbon chemicals which serve as lubricants and also raw materials for the
manufacturing of plastics and fibres.
Acts as a solvent for removing grease out of e metals and metal parts.
Hazardousness of Trichloroethylene
It brings about negative impacts on the health of both human beings and animals. In human
beings, exposure to trichloroethylene may affect the central nervous system that in turn may lead
to impaction of ill diseases such as cancer, euphoria, headache which causes death.
In animals, exposure to trichloroethylene may have effect nervous system, liver, respiratory
system, kidneys, blood and immune system

Trichloroethylene Remediation in groundwater
Trichloroethylene can be removed from the underground water through Physical, chemical,
thermal and biological means. Also, pumping and treating by use of granular activated carbon or
stripping activated carbon
QUESTION 2
How Trichloroethylene ended up in the drinking water at Woburn, MA.
In the production process in the Beatrice Foods and W. R. Grace, Trichloroethylene was
produced as a waste chemical product while producing hydrocarbons. The waste chemicals were
then dumped and irresponsibly disposed off into the river and streams. The chemical wastes
would then infiltrate into the underground water hence ending up in the drinking water
QUESTION 4
Job description for the following careers in regards to action plan on the environment.
a.Geologist-Checking the topography and the underground water level.
b. Environmental Engineer-Checking on the feasibility of the contaminated water reaching the
water sources and extend to which the chemicals have impacted the water sources (Faieta,
2016).
d. Hydrologist- the flow of river from the source to the end and the possible potential of the
contamination of ground and underground water due to TCE from the two companies.
e. Chemist-Analyzing the level and the quantity of the TCE in the water sources and drinking
water in the Wuhan area.
QUESTION 5
Responsibilities of lawyer defending the defendants in the case.