Medical students find bliss on their summer EOM fellowship. Ms. Faye Bush, of the Newtown Florist Club, a community-based environmental group in Gainesville, Georgia, explains the distribution of hazardous sites in her community to the students. At Purina Mills in Gainesville, Georgia, every imaginable kind of animal feed is manufactured. Students pose outside the plant with Joe Markert, Plant Manager. Potential hazards include noise, heat, lifting, allergens, and additives.
Students study the jean-environmental interaction.
Students meet with Cecilia Golightly, R.N., M.P.H., plant nurse at Levi's in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Ms. Golightly explained some hazards of apparel manufacturing, such as noise, and repetitive motion, and how Levi's controls them. Students are briefed by Greg McKibben, Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Manager at Southwire Copper Division in Carrollton, Georgia, before touring the secondary copper smelter. Students view the copper smelter at Southwire. Potential hazards here include noise, heat, lead, arsenic, and musculoskeletal strain.