INTST101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Habitat Destruction, Market Failure, Antimicrobial Resistance
12 Aug 2016
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Henry david thoreau and john muir (authors and activists) part of environmentalism movement (19th century and early20th century) Jared diamond"s bestseller, collapse (2005): reflects widespread concern that even technologically sophisticated civilizations may be vulnerable to environmental crises. Al gore"s an inconvenient truth (2006) & fieldnotes from a catastrophe (book): environmental issues are now visible politically. Impact of ddt: in fish-eating birds (falcons and eagles), ddt causes eggshell thinning > leads to difficulties in hatching and lower birth rates > also cause reproductive problems in fish. Minimata disease: mercury disaster at minamata, japan lead to minimata. Disease, neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning > symptoms: numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death. Caused by the release of methyl-mercury in the industrial wastewater from chemical factory > highly toxic chemical accumulated in shellfish.
