protects the earth from excessive ultraviolet radiation from the sun is: Answer Selected Answer: Ozone. Correct Answer: Ozone. Question 3 5 out of 5 points Correct The idea that companies have a continuing responsibility for the environmental impact of their products or services, even after they are sold is called: Answer Selected Answer: Extended producer responsibility. Correct Answer: Extended producer responsibility. Question 4 5 out of 5 points Correct Depletion
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socio-economic status that who’s residents are predominantly people of color. The link between extreme pollution, toxic waste, lack of proper utilities such as clean water, and exclusion in the decision-making in regard to the use of natural resources and race make up environmental racism. When researching a subject such as this, the primary points to analyze are the origins of the environmental racism, both domestic and international examples, and the intent behind the corporations that poison these
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fresh approach? The Problem: The social problem that we will be working on is pollution, more specifically the pollution of cigarette butts. Cigarette butts may seem small, but with an estimated 4.5 trillion butts (worldwide) littered every year, the toxic chemicals add up” (Clean Up Australia Limited, n.d.). Our goal is to shift the attitudes and habits of smokers on a local front to ultimately stop the pollution of cigarette butts. How many smokers in Aus? “Between 2001 and 2011-12, overall
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Australia, waste can be directly linked to over consumption of natural resources. The impacts of Waste Management The impacts of waste management are considerable. There are many problems associated with waste that make it a significant environmental issue. Waste that is disposed of in landfills has the potential to contaminate soil and groundwater, and emit greenhouse and toxic gases into the atmosphere. When waste is disposed of through incineration or other means, its impacts upon the
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Air Pollution, Water Pollution and Noise Pollution! The dictionary definition of pollution is to make air, water, soil, etc. dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use. The main forms of pollution are air, water, soil, noise thermal and radioactive waves. It is a man-made problem mainly caused by human waste material, release of poisonous gases and other chemical pollutants from the industry, agricultural pollutants like pesticides, and chemical fertilizers, pollutants by automobiles
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RUNNING HEAD: POVERTY AND POLLUTION CASE 1 Poverty and Pollution Case BUS 309 Business Ethics August 26, 2013 RUNNING HEAD: POVERTY AND POLLUTION CASE 2 Determine the ethical implications on businesses polluting in a third world country. Explain your rationale. The topic regarding our environment has been on the forefront of many heated debates for many years. It has grown
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effects on the Chinese economy and the development of technology, in recent years, Chinese economic and environmental issues are undeniably caused by economic globalization. (Chen & Ge, 2010; Lessmann, 2013). Foxconn, a representative company of manufacturing industry in China, is a beneficiary and victim of FDI and open trade (Guo, 2012). This case analyzes the labor and the environmental issue of Foxconn caused by FDI and open trade, and recommends the future strategies for Foxconn. Background
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A technical survey briefed to local government leaders and representatives of Vedan Vietnam on December 7 concludes that the Taiwanese MSG maker caused eighty to ninety percent of the pollution of the Thi Vai River east of HCM City, according to accounts in VietNamNet and other newspapers. Vedan has reportedly refused to sign off on the report. Nearly fifteen months after Vedan Vietnam was detected discharging large quantities of untreated liquid waste directly into the Thi Vai river, researchers
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Plastic bags have affected the economy by making the bags cheaper than other bags so they are more readily available. Plastic bags produces 70% less air pollution and 50 times less water pollution than in production than paper bags, and plastic bags require less energy to produce from start to finish; therefore less money is spent on cleaning up the pollution. Plastic bags have greatly helped to reduce the contamination in the health field by allowing healthcare workers to keep contaminated agents from
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On behalf of millions of environmental supporters and concerned citizens. I am writing to express my strong opposition for any budget cuts proposed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Currently as the new EPA administrator, Mr. Pruitt has raised some controversy. He has repeatedly sued the EPA and argued that it should have little or no role in protecting Americans’ health and well-being from air and water pollution. It is now hard to believe that a person who has made these remarks
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