HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Adrenal Gland, Propylene Glycol, Arsenic
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Tobacco use: a global health issue chsc. Now 85% of tobacco comes from the global south where tobacco child labor and green tabaco. Kenya, malawi, mozambique, tanania, uganda, zambia, indonesia, philippines, nicaragua, Cigarette- manufacturing uses up to 6 kilometers of paper an hour to roll and package cigarettes. Tobacco growing accounts for 3. 5% of annual deforestation in some areas of tanzania. Large amounts of pesticides must be used to grow tobacco; many global south workers apply these extremely poisonous pesticides with no protection imidaloprid: blocks the central nervous system of insects; highly toxic to birds, fish, bees. 1,3- dichloropropene; highly toxic soil fumigant causes respiratory problems, skin-/eye irritation, kidney damage; used in the us. Methyl bromide; ozone-depleting soil fumigant now being phased out. Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world: 4. 5 trillion butts are discarded each year, killing millions of birds, fish and animals.
