INTST101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Garrett Hardin, Atlantic Forest, Henry David Thoreau
8 Feb 2016
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The book was a landmark of the modern environmental movement. There is increasing evidence to show that certain classes of chemicals for controlling insects, crops, plants, pests. These chemicals are not breaking down the environment, they have long term detrimental effects to human health. There was a huge campaign that supported what she was saying. Resulted in a lot of fear in the u. s. , thus, a ban in some chemicals. Garrett hardin: wrote the tragedy of the commons, the answer is to privatize everything o, private ownership provides the incentive to protect your own investment. If anything is endangered/spoiled/polluted - the answer is privatization. Love canal: landfill in niagara falls (love canal) was contained with landfill and chemicals, covered up with dirt, and sold to a city: everything was built over landfill and people started feeling the effects of the hazardous waste.
