User:Mcwillaa/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Poultry farming in the United States - Wikipedia:
 * This is a substantial article, however, it is immediately noticeable the lack of citations in whole paragraphs. If this were to be edited that would definitely need to be a focus. The sections " Negative effects on poultry workers" and "Safety Issues" would be the main priority in regards to occupational health and safety. The "Negative effects on poultry workers" would benefit from highlighting the disproportional impacts on workers from historically underrepresented group, including immigrants, children, and prisoners. The article's content is all relevant to the topic, and it links to more specific pages where needed. The "Safety Issues" section would benefit from adding a section on line speed, which could examine muscular skeletal injuries and how line speed creates more of the negative impacts mentioned in the other section. :
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Option 2

 * Reproductive toxicity - Wikipedia:
 * I previously evaluated this article more substantially for our previous assignment. However, there are several specific areas of improvement that are worth highlighting. Firstly, the are several places in which references are missing. Secondly, the examples of exposures section requires the addition of impacts on the female reproductive system as well. I would recommend expanding the examples that are more relevant to workers, like ionizing radiation. Additionally, I would add the examples of chemotherapy drugs and anesthetic drugs, as these are significant for healthcare workers as well as for patients.
 * There is not a recognition of historically underrepresented groups, so I would highlight the disproportional impact on these groups where relevant.
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 * General information on anesthetic gases and reproductive health
 * General information on chemotherapy drugs and reproductive health
 * Recommendations for PPE when working with hazardous drugs
 * Would likely reference some of these publications for examples of industries where exposure to chemotherapy drugs occur
 * Would likely reference some of these publications for examples of industries where exposure to chemotherapy drugs occur

Option 3

 * Meat-packing industry - Wikipedia:
 * This article is substantial and covers a good variety of aspects of the industry. There are several points which did not have the needed references; however, I think those references would be easy to find. The section "Negative effects on meatpackers" is the one which is most relevant to occupational epidemiology. That section is very robust and does cover historically underrepresented groups, through noting that the industry uses immigrant and child labor.
 * For the purpose of this class I do not believe this article requires enough work in the relevant sections to fulfill the final assignment requirements. However, I think it would be good practice for adding references. :
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