Topic 2. Recommendations

Recommendations Follow Conclusions

Many recommendations about actions that are needed at a site logically follow conclusions. For instance, if people are coming in contact with chemicals at a site in a way that could harm their health, a recommendation is needed to stop contact with the chemicals. If data are missing to evaluate whether chemicals are present at levels that could cause harm, then a recommendation should be made to gather that information.

Exercise. Review the logical recommendations and the list of conclusions that follows. To do this, click on a  logical recommendations in the list below.

 

  • Community members could reduce their contact with site chemicals by washing their hands after gardening.
  • Additional evaluation of cancer incidence data would address the community concern about the number of people with cancer in the community.
  • People are using well water that contains chemicals at levels that could harm them.
  • High levels of hazardous chemicals have been found in surface soil at the site, but no samples have been collected from the neighboring yard where children play.
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