BIO 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Warren County, North Carolina, Ecocentrism, Dielectric
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Chapters 2 & 3 environmental ethics & economics. Environmental justice: 1982: warren county, north carolina residents protested land ll usage for pcb waste, pcb = polychlorinated biphenyls. Dielectric and coolant uids in transformers, capacitors, and electric motors. Green business: natural capitalism business can expand pro ts and take care of environment ex)3m. Company (pollution prevention pays - m: industrial ecology links industrial production and environmental quality, forces industry to account for where waste is going, triple bottom line nancial, social, and environmental (people, planet, pro t, buying power. Risk: risk = probability that a condition or action will lead to injury, damage or loss. Cost: probability = mathematical statement of how likely it is that something will happen. Risk and economics: risk- how likely is it that someone will be hurt? , cost- what is the cost of this course of action? .
