IDSB04H3 Lecture 10: Lecture 10 Notes
12 Dec 2010
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Idsb04 lec 10: human health and the environment: box 10-1: definitions, table 10-2: the impact of environmental problems and conditions on health, table 10-3: agents of environmental health problems, p. 472-3: ecology through the ages. from hunter gatherers (150 000ya) in balance with enviro and suffered little from famines. to domestication of animals and plants (10-15 000ya) to extractive industries (900 1500) mining for fuel and metals, etc. to era of mass production and consumption. environmental problems have accumulated during less than 10% of human history: key questions: political economy of environmental health: determinants, effects, and responses, fig. 10-1: political economy of environmental health determinants, effects, and responses: p. 475-8: climate change. un intergovernmental panel on climate change reached consensus in 2007 that: temperature are rising (more in last century than ever before; 1990s hottest decade on record)
