HLSC 1F90 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Soybean, Carbon Footprint, Soil Fertility
17 Sep 2016
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Healthy planet: impact of global warming on health, impact of food production on health, sustainability of current actions. Human health is fundamentally related to the health of the planet: human can become ill or die from: Ingesting food, water or dust that is polluted. Coming into contact with polluted water, soil, object: contamination can come from: Reliance on fossil fuel for powering machinery and vehicles, heating houses, cooking food, etc. Poor waste management practices (coupled with excessive packaging/poor sanitation: there are a lot of people competing for resources, producing waste, and putting strain on the planet. The world population is rapidly expanding this expansion is placing huge stress on the environment (see pop chart in text: 1 2 billion=123 years, 6 7 billion= 12 years, 160 births/min. Pollution: land pollution is a serious human by-product in developed and developing countries.
