FRHD 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Waste Hierarchy, Miscarriage, Disinfectant

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1100
• Professor: Robin Milhausen

Document Summary

The impact of global warming: experts have predicted severe drought and a rise in ocean levels of 2-20 feet, hurricanes are becoming more intense, arctic region could have an ice-free summer by 2040. Four laws of ecology: everything is connected to everything else, everything must go somewhere, nature knows best. 4. there is no such thing as a free lunch. The environment and our health: if we continue our pattern of carbon-intensive energy use, combined with climate change, we could expect up to 6 million deaths per year globally by 2030. Environment and psychosocial health: human need a sense of belonging and familiarity, elevated sea level, ooding, and extra weather can result in people being displaced from their home and businesses, deaths of family and friends, etc. Clearing the air: air pollution can be as harmful to breathing capacity as smoking, deaths caused by air pollution exceed those from motor vehicle accidents.