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Precautionary principle

Botkin and Keller Chapter 15 Reading Guide

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APES- Chapter #15: Environmental Health, Pollution and Toxicology Name: __________________________________________________ Learning Objectives: Serious environmental health problems and diseases may arise from toxic elements in water, air, soil, and even the rocks on which we build our homes. After reading this chapter, you should understand: How the terms toxic, pollution, contamination, carcinogen, synergism, and biomagnifications are used in environmental health What the classification and characteristics are of major groups of pollutants of environmental toxicology Why there is controversy and concern about synthetic organic compounds such as dioxin Whether we should be concerned about exposure to human-produced electromagnetic fields

Botkin and Keller Chapter 10 Reading Guide

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APES- Chapter #10: Environmental Health, Pollution and Toxicology Name: __________________________________________________ Learning Objectives: Serious environmental health problems and diseases may arise from toxic elements in water, air, soil, and even the rocks on which we build our homes. After reading this chapter, you should understand: ? How the terms toxic, pollution, contamination, carcinogen, synergism, and biomagnifications are used in environmental health ? What the classification and characteristics are of major groups of pollutants of environmental toxicology ? Why there is controversy and concern about synthetic organic compounds such as dioxin ? Whether we should be concerned about exposure to human-produced electromagnetic fields ?

Living in the Environment 16th Ed. : Ch.9 Key Terms

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Chapter 9 background extinction During most of the 3.56 billion years that life has existed on the earth, there has been a continuous, low level of extinction of species known as background extinction. endangered species has so few individual survivors that the species could soon become extinct over all or most of its natural range (the area in which it is normally found). extinction rate expressed as a percentage or number of species that go extinct within a certain time period such as a year. HIPPCO Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation;?Invasive (nonnative) species;?Population and resource use growth (too many people consuming too many resources);?Pollution;?Climate change; and?Overexploitation. instrumental value

Chapter 9

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background extinction During most of the 3.56 billion years that life has existed on the earth, there has been a continuous, low level of extinction of species known as background extinction. endangered species has so few individual survivors that the species could soon become extinct over all or most of its natural range (the area in which it is normally found). extinction rate expressed as a percentage or number of species that go extinct within a certain time period such as a year. HIPPCO Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation; Invasive (nonnative) species; Population and resource use growth (too many people consuming too many resources); Pollution; Climate change; and Overexploitation.
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