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Bernando Ramazzini
1.Ramazzini was one of the first to make the link between worker occupation and health.
2.He encouraged the use of cinchona bark, from which quinine is derived, in the treatment of malaria. -
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Industrial Revolution
1.The use of factories and mass production has led to a depletion of certain natural resources, leaving the environment permanently damaged.
2.The primary issue resulting from pollution and carbon emissions is that of global warming. -
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Thomas Malthus
1.) Malthus placed the longer-term stability of the economy above short-term expediency.
2.) Malthus married his cousin Harriet on 12 April 1804 and had three children: Henry, Emily and Lucy. -
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General Motors
1.Leaves or grain from Bt maize can enter water courses where the toxin can accumulate in organisms.
2.Lead pollution from engine exhaust released into the air into the vicinity of roads and easily inhaled -
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Civillian Conservation corps
1.CCC, volunteers planted nearly 3 billion trees to help reforest America.
2.CCC also led to a greater public awareness and appreciation of the outdoors and the nation's natural resources -
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Dust Bowl
1.) Causing Crops to fail
2.) On may 9th a strong to day dust storm removed a great amount of great plains top soil. -
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World War ll
1.) Oceans were damaged from oils and other chemicals leaking out of ships.
2.) France is riddled with left over unexploded bombs buried in the ground -
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Agricultural Revolution (Green Revolution)
1.The consumption of the pesticides used to kill pests by humans in some cases may be increasing the likelihood of cancer in some of the rural villages using them.
2.Land degradation and soil nutrients depletion have forced farmers to clear up formerly forested areas in order to keep up with production. -
Tragedy of the Commons
1.) can be considered in realation to enviormental issues such as sustainability and renewable energy.
2.) EXamples include pollution from driving cars. -
Rainbow Warrior
1.The Rainbow Warrior was a Greenpeace ship on an anti-nuclear campaign in New Zealand.
2.They were trying to stop France from testing nuclear weapons so France decided to sink the ship. -
Chernobyl
1.) After the disaster 4 square Kilometers of pine forest directly downward of the reactor turned reddish brown and died.
2.) Some animals in the worst hit areas also died or stopped reproducing. -
Exxon Valdez
1.) the oil spill caused immediate deaths to 12-river otters and 300 harbor seals and 247 bald eagles.
2.) It is estimated that shoreline habitats may take up to 20 years to recover -
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Persian Gulf War
1.) On january 23rd Iraq dumped 400 million gallons of crude oil into persian gulf.
2.)The Kuwait oil fires were orginaly caused by Iraqi military forces. -
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Three Gorges Dam
1.The dam flooded archaeological and cultural sites and displaced some 1.3 million people
2.Yangtze's barge capacity was increased sixfold, reducing carbon dioxide emission by 630,000 tonnes -
An Incoveint Truth
1.) An incoveient truth has been credited with rasing public awareness about global warming.
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BP Gulf Oil Spill
1.Eight U.S.national parks are threatened.[257] More than 400 species that live in the Gulf islands and marshlands are at risk
2.As of 2 November 2010, 6,814 dead animals had been collected, including 6,104 birds, 609 sea turtles, 100 dolphins and other mammals, and 1 other reptile.