ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Fort Chipewyan, Lake Huron, Microbead
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Effects of toxins on humans, other organisms, and ecosystems. Hazard and risk assessment, risk perception, and risk management. There is a lot of money revolved around this herbicide and so this hasn"t been resolved monsanto still uses roundup because of economic concerns: complicated when it comes to human health. Short term saw no correlation in cancer rates and oil sand communities. Long term saw a cancer study suggesting oil sands link in fort chip. Intertwining factors that we must observe including who funds the studies. Water crisis in flint michigan: april 2014: changed water source from lake huron to flint river to save money. Corrosion caused lead from aging pipes to leach into the water supply. Water from river was more acidic than water from lake. 6,000 -12,000 children exposed to drinking water with high lead level: lead is a neurotoxin children are most affected because they are still developing.
