Suppose you live in a new suburban community that combines all the amenities and benefits of a tight-knit small community with the benefits of living close to the big city. Some years pass, and several children and adults in the community start developing extensive and similar illnesses. You think this is clearly not a case of genetics, and you become suspicious that something has gone wrong in the development planning and execution of your community. You start researching possible causes for the illnesses plaguing the community and, upon further investigation, find out that a company’s unsafe chemical-disposal practices may be to blame for the calamity. You decide to notify your community of your findings so that everyone can unite in a fight for justice.
Create a detailed outline you would use for composing the letter, which you intend to have published by your local newspaper, addressing your concerns with the community’s health.
Address the following in your outline:
• Describe the types of questions you asked yourself to ensure that you used critical thinking in your research and analysis of the problem.
Are any of the people related? How did we rule out family genetics? Where is the chemical plant? How did people come in contact with the chemical? What is the chemical? Is it know to cause health problems? What are the state guidelines for disposal of the chemicals. Are they proper procal for chemical disposal. Where did the chemical come from and how did it get there. Was the chemical intended to hurt the community?
• Explain what strategies you would have applied, if actually investigating the problem, to help foster critical thinking and to help lead you to the root cause of the illnesses. What is the chemical and has it been proven to cause health issues. Rule out the chemical in question. Rule out other scenarios and obvious causes.
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